Numbers 31:7

King James Version 1611 (Original)

And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.

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Referenced Verses

  • Judg 21:11 : 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 Kgs 11:15-16 : 15 For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom; 16 (For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)
  • 1 Sam 27:9 : 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.
  • Deut 20:13-14 : 13 And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword: 14 But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
  • Judg 6:1-2 : 1 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. 2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.
  • Judg 6:33 : 33 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 31:1-6
    6 verses
    82%

    1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

    2Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.

    3And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian.

    4Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.

    5So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

    6And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.

  • Num 31:8-11
    4 verses
    82%

    8And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.

    9And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.

    10And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.

    11And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.

  • Num 25:16-17
    2 verses
    78%

    16And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

    17Vex the Midianites, and smite them:

  • Num 31:17
    78%

    17Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.

  • Num 31:14-15
    2 verses
    76%

    14And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.

    15And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?

  • Judg 21:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.

    11And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.

  • Deut 20:13
    74%

    13And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:

  • Num 25:5
    74%

    5And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baalpeor.

  • Judg 3:29
    73%

    29And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man.

  • Exod 32:27
    73%

    27And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.

  • Deut 2:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.

    16So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,

  • Num 31:31
    72%

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

  • Ps 83:9
    72%

    9Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:

  • Judg 7:22-23
    2 verses
    72%

    22And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath.

    23And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites.

  • Josh 11:12
    71%

    12And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded.

  • Exod 4:19
    71%

    19And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.

  • Num 32:20
    71%

    20And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war,

  • 1 Chr 5:22
    71%

    22For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.

  • Judg 6:16
    71%

    16And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.

  • Josh 13:21
    71%

    21And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.

  • Deut 31:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

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

    5And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that ye may do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded you.

  • Judg 7:25
    71%

    25And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.

  • Num 3:16
    71%

    16And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.

  • Judg 6:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;

    4And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.

  • Josh 11:20
    70%

    20For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • Judg 6:7
    70%

    7And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of the Midianites,

  • Num 31:27
    70%

    27And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:

  • 2 Kgs 3:24
    70%

    24And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country.

  • Judg 6:1
    70%

    1And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.

  • 1 Sam 15:3
    70%

    3Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.