Numbers 31:7

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

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  • Judg 21:11 : 11 This is what you are to do: Completely destroy every male and every woman who has had relations with a man.
  • 1 Kgs 11:15-16 : 15 When David was in Edom and Joab, the commander of the army, went up to bury the dead, they killed every male in Edom. 16 Joab and all Israel remained there for six months until every male in Edom had been destroyed.
  • 1 Sam 27:9 : 9 David attacked the land and did not leave alive a man or woman. He took sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and clothing, and then he returned and went to Achish.
  • Deut 20:13-14 : 13 When the LORD your God delivers it into your hands, strike down every male there with the sword. 14 However, you may take the women, children, livestock, and everything else in the city as your spoils. You may enjoy the plunder from your enemies that the LORD your God has given you.
  • Judg 6:1-2 : 1 The Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, so the Lord handed them over to Midian for seven years. 2 Midian's power overwhelmed Israel, and because of Midian, the Israelites made hiding places for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.
  • Judg 6:33 : 33 Now all the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people of the east joined forces, crossed the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 31:1-6
    6 verses
    82%

    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.'

    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.

  • Num 31:8-11
    4 verses
    82%

    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.

    11They took all the plunder and all the spoils, both people and animals.

  • Num 25:16-17
    2 verses
    78%

    16The LORD said to Moses,

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

  • Num 31:17
    78%

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

  • Num 31:14-15
    2 verses
    76%

    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?'

  • Judg 21:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10So the assembly sent twelve thousand armed men with the command, 'Go and strike down the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead with the sword, including the women and children.'

    11This is what you are to do: Completely destroy every male and every woman who has had 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.

  • Num 25:5
    74%

    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.'

  • Judg 3:29
    73%

    29At that time, they struck down about ten thousand Moabite men, all strong and able-bodied; not a single one escaped.

  • Exod 32:27
    73%

    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.'"

  • Deut 2:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

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

    16When all the fighting men among the people had died and were gone,

  • Num 31:31
    72%

    31So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • Ps 83:9
    72%

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

  • Judg 7:22-23
    2 verses
    72%

    22When the three hundred trumpets sounded, the LORD caused the men throughout the camp to turn on each other with their swords. The army fled to Beth Shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath.

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

  • Josh 11:12
    71%

    12Joshua captured all the cities of these kings and their kings as well. He struck them down with the sword and completely destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded.

  • Exod 4:19
    71%

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

  • Num 32:20
    71%

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

  • 1 Chr 5:22
    71%

    22Many were killed because the battle was from God, and they lived in their territory until the time of the exile.

  • 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.'

  • Josh 13:21
    71%

    21All the cities on the plateau and the entire kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned at Heshbon. Moses defeated him along with the princes of Midian—Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—who were rulers allied with Sihon and lived in the land.

  • Deut 31:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4And the LORD will do to them as he did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, whom he destroyed.

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

  • Judg 7:25
    71%

    25They captured the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. They pursued the Midianites and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon, across the Jordan.

  • Num 3:16
    71%

    16So Moses listed them according to the command of the LORD, as he had been instructed.

  • Judg 6:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

  • 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,

  • Num 31:27
    70%

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

  • 2 Kgs 3:24
    70%

    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.

  • Judg 6:1
    70%

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

  • 1 Sam 15:3
    70%

    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.'