Numbers 31:8

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They put the kings of Midian to death with the rest, Evi and Reken and Zur and Hur and Reba, the five kings of Midian: and Balaam, the son of Beor, they put to death with the sword.

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  • Josh 13:21-22 : 21 And all the towns of the table-land, and all the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who was ruling in Heshbon, whom Moses overcame, together with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the chiefs of Sihon, who were living in the land. 22 And Balaam, the son of Beor, the prophet, the children of Israel put to death with the sword.
  • Num 25:15 : 15 And the woman of Midian who was put to death was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was the head of a family in Midian.
  • Num 25:18 : 18 For they are a danger to you with their false ways, causing sin to come on you in the question of Peor, and because of Cozbi, their sister, the daughter of the chief of Midian, who was put to death at the time of the disease which came on you because of Peor.
  • Num 22:4 : 4 Then Moab said to the responsible men of Midian, It is clear that this great people will be the destruction of everything round us, making a meal of us as the ox does of the grass of the field. At that time Balak, the son of Zippor, was king of Moab.
  • Num 22:10 : 10 And Balaam said to God, Balak, the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent them to me, saying,
  • Num 24:25 : 25 Then Balaam got up and went back to his place: and Balak went away.
  • Ps 9:16 : 16 The Lord has given knowledge of himself through his judging: the evil-doer is taken in the net which his hands had made. (Higgaion. Selah.)
  • Ps 10:2 : 2 The evil-doer in his pride is cruel to the poor; let him be taken by the tricks of his invention.
  • 1 Tim 6:9-9 : 9 But those who have a desire for wealth are falling into danger, and are taken as in a net by a number of foolish and damaging desires, through which men are overtaken by death and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all evil: and some whose hearts were fixed on it have been turned away from the faith, and been wounded with unnumbered sorrows.
  • 2 Pet 2:15 : 15 Turning out of the true way, they have gone wandering in error, after the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who was pleased to take payment for wrongdoing;
  • Jude 1:11 : 11 A curse on them! They have gone in the way of Cain, running uncontrolled into the error of Balaam for reward, and have come to destruction by saying evil against the Lord, like Korah.
  • Rev 2:14 : 14 But I have some things against you, because you have with you those who keep the teaching of Balaam, by whose suggestion Balak made the children of Israel go out of the right way, taking food which was offered to false gods, and going after the desires of the flesh.
  • Rev 19:20 : 20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who did the signs before him, by which they were turned from the true way who had the mark of the beast, and who gave worship to his image: these two were put living into the sea of ever-burning fire.

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  • Num 31:7
    82%

    7 And they made war on Midian, as the Lord gave orders to Moses; and they put to death every male.

  • Josh 13:21-22
    2 verses
    81%

    21 And all the towns of the table-land, and all the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who was ruling in Heshbon, whom Moses overcame, together with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the chiefs of Sihon, who were living in the land.

    22 And Balaam, the son of Beor, the prophet, the children of Israel put to death with the sword.

  • Num 31:9-11
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    78%

    9 The women of Midian with their little ones the children of Israel took prisoner; and all their cattle and flocks and all their goods they took for themselves;

    10 And after burning all their towns and all their tent-circles,

    11 They went away with the goods they had taken, man and beast.

  • Judg 7:25
    74%

    25 And they took the two chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and they put Oreb to death at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they put to death at the place of the grape-crushing in Zeeb, and they went after Midian; but the heads of Oreb and Zeeb they took across Jordan to Gideon.

  • Num 25:5
    73%

    5 So Moses said to the judges of Israel, Let everyone put to death those of his men who have had relations with the women of Moab in honour of the Baal of Peor.

  • Num 25:15-18
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    72%

    15 And the woman of Midian who was put to death was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was the head of a family in Midian.

    16 Then the Lord said to Moses,

    17 Take up arms against the Midianites and overcome them;

    18 For they are a danger to you with their false ways, causing sin to come on you in the question of Peor, and because of Cozbi, their sister, the daughter of the chief of Midian, who was put to death at the time of the disease which came on you because of Peor.

  • Num 31:1-3
    3 verses
    72%

    1 Then the Lord said to Moses,

    2 Give the Midianites punishment for the wrong they did to the children of Israel: and after that you will go to rest with your people.

    3 So Moses said to the people, Let men from among you be armed for war to put into effect against Midian the Lord's punishment on them.

  • Num 31:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16 It was these who, moved by Balaam, were the cause of Israel's sin against the Lord in the question of Peor, because of which disease came on the people of the Lord.

    17 So now put every male child to death, and every woman who has had sex relations with a man.

  • Num 22:7
    70%

    7 So the responsible men of Moab and Midian went away, taking in their hands rewards for the prophet; and they came to Balaam and said to him what Balak had given them orders to say.

  • Josh 24:9
    70%

    9 Then Balak, the son of Zippor, king of Moab, went up to war against Israel; and he sent for Balaam, the son of Beor, to put a curse on you:

  • Num 22:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4 Then Moab said to the responsible men of Midian, It is clear that this great people will be the destruction of everything round us, making a meal of us as the ox does of the grass of the field. At that time Balak, the son of Zippor, was king of Moab.

    5 So he sent men to Balaam, son of Beor, at Pethor by the River in the land of the children of his people, saying to him, See, a people has come out of Egypt, covering all the face of the earth, and they have put up their tents opposite to me:

  • Judg 1:5
    69%

    5 And they came across Adoni-zedek, and made war on him; and they overcame the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

  • Judg 8:12
    69%

    12 And Zebah and Zalmunna went in flight; and he went after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and put all the army to the curse.

  • Ps 83:9
    69%

    9 Do to them what you did to the Midianites; what you did to Sisera and Jabin, at the stream of Kishon:

  • Judg 8:10
    69%

    10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, those of all the army of the children of the east who were still living; for a hundred and twenty thousand of their swordsmen had been put to death.

  • Ps 135:10-11
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    69%

    10 He overcame great nations, and put strong kings to death;

    11 Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan;

  • Deut 31:4
    69%

    4 The Lord will do to them as he did to Sihon and to Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, whom he put to destruction.

  • Ps 83:11
    69%

    11 Make their chiefs like Oreb and Zeeb; and all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna:

  • 2 Kgs 3:23-24
    2 verses
    69%

    23 Then they said, This is blood: it is clear that destruction has come on the kings; they have been fighting one another: now come, Moab, let us take their goods.

    24 But when they came to the tents of Israel, the Israelites came out and made a violent attack on the Moabites, so that they went in flight before them; and they went forward still attacking them;

  • 1 Kgs 18:40
    69%

    40 And Elijah said to them, Take the prophets of Baal, let not one of them get away. So they took them, and Elijah made them go down to the stream Kishon, and put them to death there.

  • 1 Chr 5:21-22
    2 verses
    68%

    21 And they took away their cattle: fifty thousand camels, two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, and two thousand asses, and a hundred thousand men.

    22 And a very great number went to their death, because the war was God's purpose. And they went on living in their place till they were taken away as prisoners.

  • Judg 3:29
    68%

    29 At that time they put about ten thousand men of Moab to the sword, every strong man and every man of war; not a man got away.

  • Judg 20:31
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    31 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, moving away from the town; and as before, at their first attack, they put to death about thirty men of Israel on the highways, of which one goes up to Beth-el and the other to Gibeah, and in the open country.

  • Num 21:35
    68%

    35 So they overcame him and his sons and his people, driving them all out: and they took his land for their heritage.

  • Num 22:2
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    2 Now Balak, the son of Zippor, saw what Israel had done to the Amorites.

  • Judg 8:18
    68%

    18 Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, Where are the men whom you put to death at Tabor? And they gave answer, As you are, so were they; every one of them was like a king's son.

  • Gen 14:2
    67%

    2 They made war with Bera, king of Sodom, and with Birsha, king of Gomorrah, Shinab, king of Admah, and Shemeber, king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (which is Zoar).

  • Deut 1:4
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    4 After he had overcome Sihon, king of the Amorites, ruling in Heshbon, and Og, king of Bashan, ruling in Ashtaroth, at Edrei:

  • Judg 20:35
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    35 Then the Lord sent sudden fear on Benjamin before Israel; and that day the children of Israel put to death twenty-five thousand, one hundred men of Benjamin, all of them swordsmen.