Numbers 25:17

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‘Treat the Midianites as enemies and strike them down.

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  • Num 31:1-3 : 1 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 2 Take vengeance on the Midianites for the people of Israel. Afterward, you will be gathered to your people. 3 So Moses said to the people, 'Arm some of your men for battle, to go against Midian and execute the LORD's vengeance on Midian.'
  • Rev 18:6 : 6 Repay her as she herself has repaid others, and pay her back double according to her deeds; in the cup she has mixed, mix a double portion for her.

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  • Num 25:15-16
    2 verses
    81%

    15And the name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a family in Midian.

    16The LORD said to Moses,

  • Num 25:18
    81%

    18For they treated you as enemies with their deceit, which they used to lure you away to worship Baal of Peor, and because of Cozbi, the daughter of a Midianite leader, their kinswoman, who was killed on the day of the plague that struck because of Peor.’

  • Num 31:1-3
    3 verses
    79%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

    2Take vengeance on the Midianites for the people of Israel. Afterward, you will be gathered to your people.

    3So Moses said to the people, 'Arm some of your men for battle, to go against Midian and execute the LORD's vengeance on Midian.'

  • Num 31:7-10
    4 verses
    78%

    7They waged war against Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male.

    8Among the slain, they killed the kings of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.

    9The Israelites captured the women of Midian and their children, and they took all their livestock, all their goods, and all their wealth as plunder.

    10They burned all the towns where the Midianites had lived and all their encampments with fire.

  • Ps 83:9
    74%

    9Even Assyria has joined them; they have strengthened the descendants of Lot. Selah.

  • Judg 6:1-5
    5 verses
    74%

    1The Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, so the Lord handed them over to Midian for seven years.

    2Midian's power overwhelmed Israel, and because of Midian, the Israelites made hiding places for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.

    3Whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people of the east would come up and attack them.

    4They camped against them and destroyed the crops of the land all the way to Gaza, leaving nothing for the Israelites to live on—not even sheep, cattle, or donkeys.

    5For they came with their livestock and tents, like swarms of locusts in number. Both they and their camels were too many to count, and they invaded the land to devastate it.

  • Num 31:15-17
    3 verses
    74%

    15And Moses said to them, 'Have you spared all the women?'

    16Behold, these women caused the people of Israel to act unfaithfully against the LORD through the advice of Balaam in the matter of Peor, which led to the plague among the congregation of the LORD.

    17Now, kill every male among the children, and kill every woman who has had sexual relations with a man.

  • Deut 20:13
    74%

    13When the LORD your God delivers it into your hands, strike down every male there with the sword.

  • 1 Sam 15:3
    73%

    3Now go and attack Amalek. Devote to destruction everything they have. Do not spare them; kill men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.'

  • 2 Kgs 3:24
    73%

    24When they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and struck down the Moabites, who fled before them. The Israelites invaded the land and continued to strike down the Moabites.

  • Deut 25:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    17Remember what Amalek did to you on your journey out of Egypt,

    18how he met you on the road, attacked all who were lagging behind you when you were tired and weary, and he did not fear God.

  • Num 25:10
    73%

    10The LORD said to Moses,

  • Judg 6:16
    72%

    16The Lord said to him, 'I will be with you, and you will strike down Midian as if it were one man.'

  • Exod 17:8
    72%

    8Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim.

  • Num 25:5
    71%

    5So Moses said to the judges of Israel, 'Each of you must kill those of your men who have joined themselves to Baal of Peor.'

  • Lam 3:66
    71%

    66You will pursue them in anger and destroy them from under the heavens of the LORD.

  • Ps 135:10
    71%

    10He struck down many nations and killed mighty kings—

  • Num 15:17
    71%

    17The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 14:26
    71%

    26Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

  • Deut 2:17
    71%

    17the LORD spoke to me, saying,

  • Deut 20:17
    71%

    17Completely destroy them—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you.

  • Judg 10:8
    71%

    8They crushed and oppressed the Israelites that year. For eighteen years, they oppressed all the Israelites who were on the east side of the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.

  • Deut 7:2
    71%

    2and when the LORD your God delivers them over to you and you defeat them, you must devote them to complete destruction. Do not make a covenant with them or show them any mercy.

  • Deut 13:15
    71%

    15then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. If the report is true and confirmed that such a detestable act has been done among you,

  • 1 Sam 15:18
    71%

    18And the LORD sent you on a mission, saying, 'Go and utterly destroy the sinful Amalekites; wage war against them until you completely wipe them out.'

  • Exod 17:13
    71%

    13So Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the sword.

  • Josh 11:20
    70%

    20For it was the LORD's purpose to harden their hearts to engage in battle with Israel, so that they would be utterly destroyed, receiving no mercy, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

  • Judg 6:7
    70%

    7When the Israelites cried out to the Lord because of Midian,

  • Deut 31:5
    70%

    5The LORD will deliver them to you, and you must act toward them according to the entire commandment I have instructed you.

  • Deut 2:15
    70%

    15Indeed, the LORD's hand was against them, eliminating them from within the camp until they were all destroyed.

  • Num 31:25
    70%

    25The LORD said to Moses,

  • Deut 6:19
    70%

    19He will drive out all your enemies before you, as the LORD has promised.

  • Exod 32:27
    70%

    27Then he said to them, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'Each man put his sword on his side. Go back and forth through the camp, from gate to gate, and kill your brother, your friend, and your neighbor.'"

  • Ps 78:31
    70%

    31Then the anger of God rose against them, and He killed the strongest among them, striking down the young men of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 3:19
    70%

    19You will destroy every fortified city and every major town, cut down every good tree, stop up all the springs, and ruin every good field with stones.