Numbers 31:3

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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.

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  • Lev 26:25 : 25 I will bring on you an avenging sword, a covenant vengeance. Although you will gather together into your cities, I will send pestilence among you and you will be given into enemy hands.
  • Num 25:11 : 11 “Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my anger away from the Israelites, when he manifested such zeal for my sake among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in my zeal.
  • Num 25:13 : 13 So it will be to him and his descendants after him a covenant of a permanent priesthood, because he has been zealous for his God, and has made atonement for the Israelites.’”
  • Judg 5:2 : 2 “When the leaders took the lead in Israel, When the people answered the call to war– Praise the LORD!
  • Judg 5:23 : 23 ‘Call judgment down on Meroz,’ says the LORD’s angel;‘Be sure to call judgment down on those who live there, because they did not come to help in the LORD’s battle, to help in the LORD’s battle against the warriors.’
  • 2 Kgs 9:7 : 7 You will destroy the family of your master Ahab. I will get revenge against Jezebel for the shed blood of my servants the prophets and for the shed blood of all the LORD’s servants.
  • 2 Kgs 10:30 : 30 The LORD said to Jehu,“You have done well. You have accomplished my will and carried out my wishes with regard to Ahab’s dynasty. Therefore four generations of your descendants will rule over Israel.”
  • Jer 46:10 : 10 But that day belongs to the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies. It is a day of reckoning, when he will pay back his adversaries. His sword will devour them until its appetite is satisfied! It will drink its fill from their blood! Indeed it will be a sacrifice for the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies in the land of the north by the Euphrates River.
  • Jer 50:28 : 28 Listen! Fugitives and refugees are coming from the land of Babylon. They are coming to Zion to declare there how the LORD our God is getting revenge, getting revenge for what they have done to his temple.
  • Exod 17:9-9 : 9 So Moses said to Joshua,“Choose some of our men and go out, fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.” 10 So Joshua fought against Amalek just as Moses had instructed him, and Moses and Aaron and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 11 Whenever Moses would raise his hands, then Israel prevailed, but whenever he would rest his hands, then Amalek prevailed. 12 When the hands of Moses became heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side and one on the other, and so his hands were steady until the sun went down. 13 So Joshua destroyed Amalek and his army with the sword.
  • Exod 17:16 : 16 for he said,“For a hand was lifted up to the throne of the LORD– that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.”

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  • Num 31:1-2
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    1The Midianite War The LORD spoke to Moses:

    2“Exact vengeance for the Israelites from the Midianites– after that you will be gathered to your people.”

  • Num 31:4-7
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    4You must send to the battle a thousand men from every tribe throughout all the tribes of Israel.”

    5So a thousand from every tribe, twelve thousand armed for battle in all, were provided out of the thousands of Israel.

    6Campaign Against the Midianites So Moses sent them to the war, one thousand from every tribe, with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who was in charge of the holy articles and the signal trumpets.

    7They fought against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses, and they killed every male.

  • Num 32:20-21
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    20Then Moses replied,“If you will do this thing, and if you will arm yourselves for battle before the LORD,

    21and if all your armed men cross the Jordan before the LORD until he drives out his enemies from his presence

  • Num 25:16-17
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    16Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

    17“Bring trouble to the Midianites, and destroy them,

  • Num 31:9
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    9The Israelites took the women of Midian captive along with their little ones, and took all their herds, all their flocks, and all their goods as plunder.

  • Num 31:14-15
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    14The Death of the Midianite Women But Moses was furious with the officers of the army, the commanders over thousands and commanders over hundreds, who had come from service in the war.

    15Moses said to them,“Have you allowed all the women to live?

  • Num 31:25
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    25The Distribution of Spoils Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Exod 32:26-28
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    26So Moses stood at the entrance of the camp and said,“Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” All the Levites gathered around him,

    27and he said to them,“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, has said‘Each man fasten his sword on his side, and go back and forth from entrance to entrance throughout the camp, and each one kill his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’”

    28The Levites did what Moses ordered, and that day about three thousand men of the people died.

  • Num 32:27
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    27but your servants will cross over, every man armed for war, to do battle in the LORD’s presence, just as my lord says.”

  • Num 31:27
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    27Divide the plunder into two parts, one for those who took part in the war– who went out to battle– and the other for all the community.

  • Num 26:3
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    3So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the rift valley plains of Moab, along the Jordan River across from Jericho. They said,

  • Num 25:4-5
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    4God’s Punishment The LORD said to Moses,“Arrest all the leaders of the people, and hang them up before the LORD in broad daylight, so that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.”

    5So Moses said to the judges of Israel,“Each of you must execute those of his men who were joined to Baal-peor.”

  • Exod 31:1
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    1Willing Artisans The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 31:42
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    42From the Israelites’ half-share that Moses had separated from the fighting men,

  • Exod 17:9
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    9So Moses said to Joshua,“Choose some of our men and go out, fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.”

  • Deut 1:41
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    41Unsuccessful Conquest of Canaan Then you responded to me and admitted,“We have sinned against the LORD. We will now go up and fight as the LORD our God has told us to do.” So you each put on your battle gear and prepared to go up to the hill country.

  • Deut 3:18
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    18Instructions to the Transjordanian Tribes At that time I instructed you as follows:“The LORD your God has given you this land for your possession. You warriors are to cross over before your fellow Israelites equipped for battle.

  • Num 25:10
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    10The Aftermath The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 13:1
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    1Spies Sent Out The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 32:29
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    29Moses said to them:“If the Gadites and the Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, each one equipped for battle in the LORD’s presence, and you conquer the land, then you must allot them the territory of Gilead as their possession.

  • Num 3:44
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    44Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 31:21
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    21Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had gone into the battle,“This is the ordinance of the law that the LORD commanded Moses:

  • Num 31:53
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    53Each soldier had taken plunder for himself.

  • Num 3:11
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    11Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 1:3
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    3You and Aaron are to number all in Israel who can serve in the army, those who are twenty years old or older, by their divisions.

  • Num 27:15
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    15Then Moses spoke to the LORD:

  • Deut 27:11
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    11Moreover, Moses commanded the people that day:

  • Exod 4:19
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    19The LORD said to Moses in Midian,“Go back to Egypt, because all the men who were seeking your life are dead.”

  • Exod 30:11
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    11The Ransom Money The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Judg 6:16
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    16The LORD said to him,“Ah, but I will be with you! You will strike down the whole Midianite army.”

  • Exod 6:10
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    10Then the LORD said to Moses,

  • Judg 7:23
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    23Israelites from Naphtali, Asher, and Manasseh answered the call and chased the Midianites.

  • Num 32:6
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    6Moses’ Response Moses said to the Gadites and the Reubenites,“Must your brothers go to war while you remain here?

  • Lev 27:1
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    1Redemption of Vowed People The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 14:13
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    13Moses said to the LORD,“When the Egyptians hear it– for you brought up this people by your power from among them–