Numbers 31:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves for war, and let them go against the Midianites to avenge the LORD on Midian.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Moses{H4872} spake{H1696} unto the people,{H5971} saying,{H559} Arm{H2502} ye men{H582} from among you for the war,{H6635} that they may go against Midian,{H4080} to execute Jehovah's{H3068} vengeance{H5414} on Midian.{H4080}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Moses{H4872} spake{H1696}{(H8762)} unto the people{H5971}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Arm{H2502}{(H8734)} some{H582} of yourselves unto the war{H6635}, and let them go against the Midianites{H4080}, and avenge{H5414}{(H8800)}{H5360} the LORD{H3068} of Midian{H4080}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And Moses spake vnto the folke sayenge: Harnesse some of you vnto warre and let them goo apon the Madianites and auenge the Lorde of the Madianitis.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    The spake Moses vnto the people, & sayde: Harnesse some men amonge you to the warre agaynst the Madianites (yt they maye auenge ye LORDE vpon the Madianites)

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And Moses spake to the people, saying, Harnesse some of you vnto warre, and let them goe against Midian, to execute the vengeance of the Lord against Midian.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And Moyses spake vnto the folke, saying: Harnesse some of you vnto warre, and let them go vpon the Madianites, & auenge the Lorde of the Madianites.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm you men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute Yahweh's vengeance on Midian.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And Moses speaketh unto the people, saying, `Be ye armed some of you for the host, and they are against Midian, to put the vengeance of Jehovah on Midian;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm ye men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute Jehovah's vengeance on Midian.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm ye men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute Jehovah's vengeance on Midian.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    So Moses said to the people, Let men from among you be armed for war to put into effect against Midian the Lord's punishment on them.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Moses spoke to the people, saying, "Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute Yahweh's vengeance on Midian.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    So Moses spoke to the people:“Arm men from among you for the war, to attack the Midianites and to execute the LORD’s vengeance on Midian.

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 26:25 : 25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when you are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
  • Num 25:11 : 11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was zealous for my sake among them, that I did not consume the children of Israel in my jealousy.
  • Num 25:13 : 13 And he shall have it, and his descendants after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.
  • Judg 5:2 : 2 Praise the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.
  • Judg 5:23 : 23 Curse Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse bitterly its inhabitants; 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 you shall strike the house of Ahab your 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 to Jehu, Because you have done well in executing what is right in my eyes, and have done to the house of Ahab according to all that was in my heart, your 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 himself on his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiated and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
  • Jer 50:28 : 28 The voice of those who flee and escape from 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 to Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand. 10 So Joshua did as Moses had told him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 11 And it happened, 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 on it; and Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. 13 And Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
  • Exod 17:16 : 16 For he said, Because the LORD has 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%

    1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

    2 Avenge the children of Israel on the Midianites; afterward you shall be gathered to your people.

  • Num 31:4-7
    4 verses
    82%

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

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

    6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand from each 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.

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

  • Num 32:20-21
    2 verses
    81%

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

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

  • Num 25:16-17
    2 verses
    79%

    16 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

    17 Harass the Midianites, and strike them:

  • Num 31:9
    76%

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

  • Num 31:14-15
    2 verses
    75%

    14 And Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, who came from the battle.

    15 And Moses said to them, Have you kept all the women alive?

  • Num 31:25
    75%

    25 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Exod 32:26-28
    3 verses
    75%

    26 then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, "Whoever is on the LORD's side—come to me!" And all the sons of Levi gathered to him.

    27 He said to them, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel: 'Let every man put his sword on his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.'"

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

  • Num 32:27
    74%

    27 But your servants will cross over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord says.

  • Num 31:27
    74%

    27 And divide the prey into two parts: between those who took the war upon themselves, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation.

  • Num 26:3
    73%

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

  • Num 25:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4 And the LORD said to Moses, Take all the leaders of the people and hang them up before the LORD in the sunlight, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.

    5 And Moses said to the judges of Israel, Slay each of his men who were joined to Baal of Peor.

  • Exod 31:1
    73%

    1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 31:42
    73%

    42 And from the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men who went to war,

  • Exod 17:9
    73%

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

  • Deut 1:41
    73%

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

  • Deut 3:18
    72%

    18 And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God has given you this land to possess; all you who are able shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel.

  • Num 25:10
    72%

    10 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 13:1
    72%

    1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 32:29
    72%

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

  • Num 3:44
    72%

    44 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 31:21
    72%

    21 And Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who 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%

    11 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 1:3
    72%

    3 From twenty years old and above, all who are able to go to war in Israel: you and Aaron shall number them by their armies.

  • Num 27:15
    72%

    15 And Moses spoke to the LORD, saying,

  • Deut 27:11
    72%

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

  • Exod 4:19
    72%

    19 And the LORD said to Moses in Midian, Go, return to Egypt, for all the men are dead who sought your life.

  • Exod 30:11
    72%

    11 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Judg 6:16
    71%

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

  • Exod 6:10
    71%

    10 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Judg 7:23
    71%

    23 And 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%

    6 And Moses said to the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?

  • Lev 27:1
    71%

    1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 14:13
    71%

    13 And Moses said to the LORD, Then the Egyptians will hear it, (for you brought up this people in your might from among them;)