2 Chronicles 28:8-10; Deuteronomy 20:14; Deuteronomy 21:10-14; Isaiah 14:2; Leviticus 25:44
The Extermination of the Midianites. This story of a war of extermination, waged to avenge the wiles practised on Israel by Midian (as described in...
But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? No JFB commentary on these verses.
War against Midian This chapter contains an account of the fulfilment of the decree of extermination passed upon the Midianites as being the occas...
Keep alive for yourselves. — The Israelites were allowed to make slaves of their captives. Shortly after the capture of these Midianitish women, an...
WAR AND SETTLEMENT 1. THE WAR WITH MIDIAN Numbers 31:1-54 THE command to vex and smite the Midianites Numbers 25:16-17 has already been cons...
the Destruction of the Midianites Numbers 31:1-20 In reading such a chapter as this we must remember that the Bible is the history of the slow...
Here we have the story of the end of Balaam. It took place in connection with a war directly resulting from the sin of the people committed through t...
It is truly interesting to see the zeal of the faithful. How jealous for the honour of GOD was Moses? In regarding the LORD'S glory, he passeth by al...
But all the women children ,.... The females among the little ones: that have not known a man by lying with him ; which might be pretty clear, and...
But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. Ver. 18. That have not known a man. ] As far a...
VENGEANCE ON MIDIAN (vs.1-11) The Midianites had been guilty of seducing Israel, and God required that account to be settled. This was the last c...
13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. 14 And Moses was w...
Not known a man, to wit, carnally : See Poole "Ge 4:1 19:8 Leviticus 18:22 . Keep alive for yourselves; either to sell them as slaves to othe...
(i) The Sentence Passed and Carried Out on the Local Midianites ( Numbers 31:1-24 ). Analysis. a The command to avenge Yahweh on Midian ( Numbe...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Moses had already received command to smite the Midianites ( Numbers 25:16-18 ); and in this chapter we have the orde...
Numbers 31:2 . Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites. If it were just to cut off twenty four thousand of the Israelites for the awful fe...
The Manner of Dealing with the Captives
But all the women children that have not known a man by lying with him keep alive for yourselves, as slaves or handmaids, for marriage with such was...
18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.