1 Samuel 14:6; Judges 7:2; Leviticus 26:8
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...
Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.
Of every tribe a thousand— Six thousand of the Midianites taken prisoners in the war (see the following verses) give us a sufficient proof of the s...
Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war. No JFB commentary on this verse.
War against Midian This chapter contains an account of the fulfilment of the decree of extermination passed upon the Midianites as being the occas...
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...
There is a special mercy in appointing Phineas to this service. He it was whose zeal for GOD'S honour broke forth in a day of affliction to the deliv...
Of every tribe a thousand ,.... So that the whole number of those that were armed were 12,000 as after given: throughout all the tribes of Israel...
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...
The Slaughter of the Midianites. B. C. 1452....
No text from Poole on this verse.
(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...
They warred against the Midianites. The vengeance of Jehovah on Midian I. That in the administration of the Divine government the punishment of...
The Overthrow of Midian
of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war, a total of twelve thousand armed men.
4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.