Numbers 31:3

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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.'

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  • Lev 26:25 : 25 I will bring the sword upon you to avenge the breaking of the covenant, and when you retreat into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hands of the enemy.
  • Num 25:11 : 11 'Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned back my wrath from the Israelites by being as zealous as I am for my honor among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in my zeal.'
  • Num 25:13 : 13 'It will be a covenant of an everlasting priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.'
  • Judg 5:2 : 2 When the leaders in Israel take charge, when the people willingly offer themselves—praise the Lord!
  • Judg 5:23 : 23 'Curse Meroz,' said the angel of the Lord. 'Curse its inhabitants bitterly, because they did not come to help the Lord, to help the Lord against the mighty.'
  • 2 Kgs 9:7 : 7 You shall strike down the house of your master Ahab, so that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets and the blood of all the LORD's servants shed by Jezebel.
  • 2 Kgs 10:30 : 30 The LORD said to Jehu, "Because you have done well in executing what is right in my eyes and have carried out all that was in My heart against the house of Ahab, your descendants will sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation."
  • Jer 46:10 : 10 For that day belongs to the Lord, the Lord of Hosts— a day of vengeance to avenge his foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, till it is drunk with their blood. For the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the Euphrates River.
  • Jer 50:28 : 28 Listen to the voice of those fleeing and escaping from the land of Babylon, proclaiming in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance for His temple.
  • Exod 17:9-9 : 9 Moses said to Joshua, "Choose some men for us and go out to fight against Amalek. Tomorrow, I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand." 10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him and fought against Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 11 As long as Moses held up his hands, Israel prevailed; but when he lowered his hands, Amalek prevailed. 12 When Moses' hands grew heavy, they took a stone and placed it under him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side and one on the other, so his hands remained steady until sunset. 13 So Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the sword.
  • Exod 17:16 : 16 He said, "Because hands were lifted up against the throne of the LORD, the LORD will be at war with Amalek from generation to generation."

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 31:1-2
    2 verses
    88%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

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

  • Num 31:4-7
    4 verses
    82%

    4Send a thousand men from each tribe of Israel for the army.

    5So they selected from the thousands of Israel a thousand men from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for battle.

    6Moses sent them into battle, a thousand from each tribe, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who took the holy vessels and the trumpets for sounding the alarm in his hand.

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

  • Num 32:20-21
    2 verses
    81%

    20Moses said to them, "If you will do this—if you arm yourselves for battle before the Lord,

    21and all your armed men cross over the Jordan before the Lord until He has driven out His enemies from His presence—

  • Num 25:16-17
    2 verses
    79%

    16The LORD said to Moses,

    17‘Treat the Midianites as enemies and strike them down.

  • Num 31:9
    76%

    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.

  • Num 31:14-15
    2 verses
    75%

    14But Moses was angry with the officers of the army—the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds—who returned from war.

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

  • Num 31:25
    75%

    25The LORD said to Moses,

  • Exod 32:26-28
    3 verses
    75%

    26So Moses stood at the gate of the camp and said, "Whoever is for the LORD, come to me!" And all the sons of Levi gathered around him.

    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.'"

    28The sons of Levi did as Moses commanded, and about three thousand men of the people fell that day.

  • Num 32:27
    74%

    27but your servants, every armed man of war, will cross over before the Lord to battle, just as my lord says."

  • Num 31:27
    74%

    27'Divide the plunder between the warriors who went out to battle and the rest of the congregation.'

  • Num 26:3
    73%

    3So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke to them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan River near Jericho, saying,

  • Num 25:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4The LORD said to Moses, 'Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that the LORD's fierce anger may turn away from Israel.'

    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.'

  • Exod 31:1
    73%

    1And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 31:42
    73%

    42From the half belonging to the Israelites, which Moses had separated from the men who fought in battle,

  • Exod 17:9
    73%

    9Moses said to Joshua, "Choose some men for us and go out to fight against Amalek. Tomorrow, I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand."

  • Deut 1:41
    73%

    41Then you answered me and said, 'We have sinned against the LORD. We will go up and fight, just as the LORD our God commanded us.' So each of you strapped on his weapons of war and thought it would be easy to go up into the hill country.

  • Deut 3:18
    72%

    18At that time I commanded you: 'The LORD your God has given you this land to take possession of it. All your fighting men, fully armed, must cross over ahead of your fellow Israelites.'

  • Num 25:10
    72%

    10The LORD said to Moses,

  • Num 13:1
    72%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Num 32:29
    72%

    29Moses said to them, "If the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben cross the Jordan with you, every man armed for battle before the Lord, and the land is subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead as a possession.

  • Num 3:44
    72%

    44The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Num 31:21
    72%

    21Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle, 'This is the regulation of the law that the LORD has commanded Moses.'

  • Num 31:53
    72%

    53Each of the soldiers had taken plunder for himself.

  • Num 3:11
    72%

    11The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Num 1:3
    72%

    3You must count all those who are twenty years old or older, who are able to serve in the army of Israel, division by division—you and Aaron together.

  • Num 27:15
    72%

    15Moses spoke to the LORD, saying:

  • Deut 27:11
    72%

    11That day Moses gave this command to the people:

  • Exod 4:19
    72%

    19Now the LORD said to Moses in Midian, 'Go back to Egypt, for all the men who were seeking your life are now dead.'

  • Exod 30:11
    72%

    11The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Judg 6:16
    71%

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

  • Exod 6:10
    71%

    10Then the LORD said to Moses,

  • Judg 7:23
    71%

    23The men of Israel from Naphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh were called out, and they pursued the Midianites.

  • Num 32:6
    71%

    6But Moses replied to the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben, "Should your brothers go to war while you stay here?

  • Lev 27:1
    71%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 14:13
    71%

    13But Moses said to the LORD, "The Egyptians will hear about it! By your power you brought these people up from among them.