Numbers 31:3

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And 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.

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  • Lev 26:25 : 25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestince among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
  • Num 25:11 : 11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
  • Num 25:13 : 13 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.
  • Judg 5:2 : 2 Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.
  • Judg 5:23 : 23 Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.
  • 2 Kgs 9:7 : 7 And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.
  • 2 Kgs 10:30 : 30 And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.
  • Jer 46:10 : 10 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
  • Jer 50:28 : 28 The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple.
  • Exod 17:9-9 : 9 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand. 10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. 12 But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. 13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
  • Exod 17:16 : 16 For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 31:1-2
    2 verses
    88%

    1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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

  • Num 31:4-7
    4 verses
    82%

    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.

    7And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.

  • Num 32:20-21
    2 verses
    81%

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

    21And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him,

  • Num 25:16-17
    2 verses
    79%

    16And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

    17Vex the Midianites, and smite them:

  • Num 31:9
    76%

    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.

  • Num 31:14-15
    2 verses
    75%

    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?

  • Num 31:25
    75%

    25And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Exod 32:26-28
    3 verses
    75%

    26Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD'S side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.

    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.

    28And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.

  • Num 32:27
    74%

    27But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord saith.

  • Num 31:27
    74%

    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:

  • Num 26:3
    73%

    3And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

  • Num 25:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.

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

  • Exod 31:1
    73%

    1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Num 31:42
    73%

    42And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,

  • Exod 17:9
    73%

    9And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.

  • Deut 1:41
    73%

    41Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God command us. And when ye had gird on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill.

  • Deut 3:18
    72%

    18And I command you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war.

  • Num 25:10
    72%

    10And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Num 13:1
    72%

    1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Num 32:29
    72%

    29And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:

  • Num 3:44
    72%

    44And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Num 31:21
    72%

    21And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;

  • Num 31:53
    72%

    53(For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)

  • Num 3:11
    72%

    11And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Num 1:3
    72%

    3From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall mber them by their armies.

  • Num 27:15
    72%

    15And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying,

  • Deut 27:11
    72%

    11And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,

  • Exod 4:19
    72%

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

  • Exod 30:11
    72%

    11And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  • 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.

  • Exod 6:10
    71%

    10And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Judg 7:23
    71%

    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.

  • Num 32:6
    71%

    6And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?

  • Lev 27:1
    71%

    1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Num 14:13
    71%

    13And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)