Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They fought against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses, and killed every man. New Living Translation They attacked Midian as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed all the men. English Standard Version They warred against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses, and killed every male. Berean Standard Bible Then they waged war against Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male. King James Bible And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males. New King James Version And they warred against the Midianites, just as the LORD commanded Moses, and they killed all the males. New American Standard Bible So they made war against Midian, just as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male. NASB 1995 So they made war against Midian, just as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male. NASB 1977 So they made war against Midian, just as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male. Legacy Standard Bible So they made war against Midian, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses, and they killed every male. Amplified Bible They made war against Midian, just as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male. Christian Standard Bible They waged war against Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and killed every male. Holman Christian Standard Bible They waged war against Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and killed every male. American Standard Version And they warred against Midian, as Jehovah commanded Moses; and they slew every male. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And they were strengthened against Midian, as LORD JEHOVAH commanded Moshe, and they killed every male. Brenton Septuagint Translation And they set themselves in array against Madian, as the Lord commanded Moses; and they slew every male. Contemporary English Version The Israelites fought against the Midianites, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. They killed all the men, Douay-Rheims Bible And when they had fought against the Madianites and had overcome them, they slew all the men. English Revised Version And they warred against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew every male. GOD'S WORD® Translation They went to war against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses, and killed every man. Good News Translation They attacked Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and killed all the men, International Standard Version They fought against the Midianites just as the LORD had commanded Moses, killing every man. JPS Tanakh 1917 And they warred against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew every male. Literal Standard Version And they war against Midian, as YHWH has commanded Moses, and slay every male; Majority Standard Bible Then they waged war against Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male. New American Bible They waged war against the Midianites, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and killed every male. NET Bible They fought against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses, and they killed every male. New Revised Standard Version They did battle against Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and killed every male. New Heart English Bible They warred against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they killed every male. Webster's Bible Translation And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males. World English Bible They fought against Midian, as Yahweh commanded Moses. They killed every male. Young's Literal Translation And they war against Midian, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses, and slay every male; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Vengeance on Midian…6And Moses sent the thousand from each tribe into battle, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who took with him the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for signaling. 7Then they waged war against Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male. 8Among the slain were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.… Cross References Deuteronomy 20:13 When the LORD your God has delivered it into your hand, you must put every male to the sword. Judges 21:11 This is what you are to do: Devote to destruction every male, as well as every female who has had relations with a man." 1 Kings 11:15 Earlier, when David was in Edom, Joab the commander of the army had gone to bury the dead and had struck down every male in Edom. 1 Kings 11:16 Joab and all Israel had stayed there six months, until he had killed every male in Edom. Habakkuk 3:7 I saw the tents of Cushan in distress; the curtains of Midian were trembling. Treasury of Scripture And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males. all Deuteronomy 20:13,14 And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword: … Judges 21:11 And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man. 1 Samuel 27:9 And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish. the male Judges 6:1,2,33 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years… Jump to Previous Commanded Death Killed Male Males Midian Mid'ian Midianites Moses Orders Slay Slew War WarredJump to Next Commanded Death Killed Male Males Midian Mid'ian Midianites Moses Orders Slay Slew War WarredNumbers 31 1. The Midianites are spoiled, and Balaam slain13. Moses is angry with the officers, for saving the women alive 19. How the soldiers, with their captives and spoil, are to be purified 25. The proportion in which the prey is to be divided 48. The voluntary offering unto the treasure of the Lord (7) They slew all the males.--The reference appears to be to those who were engaged in the war. The words do not refer to the whole of the male population, as appears from Numbers 31:17; and it is probable that many of the Midianites who were not engaged in the war withdrew from the scene of conflict. The reference in this verse, unless the words are inserted proleptically, seems to be to the whole of the adult males who fell into the hands of the Israelites during the war. Hebrew Then they waged warוַֽיִּצְבְּאוּ֙ (way·yiṣ·bə·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 6633: To wage war, serve against עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against Midian, מִדְיָ֔ן (miḏ·yān) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 4080: Midian -- a son of Abraham and Keturah, also his descendants and the region where they settled as כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר (ka·’ă·šer) Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that the LORD יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel had commanded צִוָּ֥ה (ṣiw·wāh) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order Moses, מֹשֶׁ֑ה (mō·šeh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver and killed וַיַּֽהַרְג֖וּ (way·ya·har·ḡū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 2026: To smite with deadly intent every כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every male. זָכָֽר׃ (zā·ḵār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2145: Remembered, a male Links Numbers 31:7 NIVNumbers 31:7 NLT Numbers 31:7 ESV Numbers 31:7 NASB Numbers 31:7 KJV Numbers 31:7 BibleApps.com Numbers 31:7 Biblia Paralela Numbers 31:7 Chinese Bible Numbers 31:7 French Bible Numbers 31:7 Catholic Bible OT Law: Numbers 31:7 They warred against Midian as Yahweh commanded (Nu Num.) |
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