Numbers 31:7
They fought against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses, and they killed every male.
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- Judg 21:11 : 11 Do this: exterminate every male, as well as every woman who has experienced a man’s bed. But spare the lives of any virgins.” So they did as instructed.
- 1 Kgs 11:15-16 : 15 During David’s campaign against Edom, Joab, the commander of the army, while on a mission to bury the dead, killed every male in Edom. 16 For Joab and the entire Israelite army stayed there six months until they had exterminated every male in Edom.
- 1 Sam 27:9 : 9 When David would attack a district, he would leave neither man nor woman alive. He would take sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and clothing and would then go back to Achish.
- Deut 20:13-14 : 13 The LORD your God will deliver it over to you and you must kill every single male by the sword. 14 However, the women, little children, cattle, and anything else in the city– all its plunder– you may take for yourselves as spoil. You may take from your enemies the plunder that the LORD your God has given you.
- Judg 6:1-2 : 1 Oppression and Confrontation The Israelites did evil in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD turned them over to Midian for seven years. 2 The Midianites overwhelmed Israel. Because of Midian the Israelites made shelters for themselves in the hills, as well as caves and strongholds.
- Judg 6:33 : 33 Gideon Summons an Army and Seeks Confirmation All the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east assembled. They crossed the Jordan River and camped in the Jezreel Valley.
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- Num 31:1-66 verses82%
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.”
3So 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.
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.
- Num 31:8-114 verses82%
8They killed the kings of Midian in addition to those slain– Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba– five Midianite kings. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.
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.
10They burned all their towns where they lived and all their encampments.
11They took all the plunder and all the spoils, both people and animals.
- Num 25:16-172 verses78%
16Then the LORD spoke to Moses:
17“Bring trouble to the Midianites, and destroy them,
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17Now therefore kill every boy, and kill every woman who has been intimate with a man in bed.
- Num 31:14-152 verses76%
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?
- Judg 21:10-112 verses75%
10So the assembly sent 12,000 capable warriors against Jabesh Gilead. They commanded them,“Go and kill with your swords the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead, including the women and little children.
11Do this: exterminate every male, as well as every woman who has experienced a man’s bed. But spare the lives of any virgins.” So they did as instructed.
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13The LORD your God will deliver it over to you and you must kill every single male by the sword.
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5So Moses said to the judges of Israel,“Each of you must execute those of his men who were joined to Baal-peor.”
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29That day they killed about ten thousand Moabites– all strong, capable warriors; not one escaped.
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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.’”
- Deut 2:15-162 verses72%
15Indeed, it was the very hand of the LORD that eliminated them from within the camp until they were all gone.
16Instructions Concerning Ammon So it was that after all the military men had been eliminated from the community,
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31So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.
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9Do to them as you did to Midian– as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River!
- Judg 7:22-232 verses72%
22When the three hundred men blew their trumpets, the LORD caused the Midianites to attack one another with their swords throughout the camp. The army fled to Beth Shittah on the way to Zererah. They went to the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath.
23Israelites from Naphtali, Asher, and Manasseh answered the call and chased the Midianites.
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12Joshua captured all these royal cities and all their kings and annihilated them with the sword, as Moses the LORD’s servant had commanded.
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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.”
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20Then Moses replied,“If you will do this thing, and if you will arm yourselves for battle before the LORD,
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22Because God fought for them, they killed many of the enemy. They dispossessed the Hagrites and lived in their land until the exile.
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16The LORD said to him,“Ah, but I will be with you! You will strike down the whole Midianite army.”
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21It encompassed all the cities of the plain and the whole realm of King Sihon of the Amorites who ruled in Heshbon. Moses defeated him and the Midianite leaders Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba(they were subjects of Sihon and lived in his territory).
- Deut 31:4-52 verses71%
4The LORD will do to them just what he did to Sihon and Og, the Amorite kings, and to their land, which he destroyed.
5The LORD will deliver them over to you and you will do to them according to the whole commandment I have given you.
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25They captured the two Midianite generals, Oreb and Zeeb. They executed Oreb on the rock of Oreb and Zeeb in the winepress of Zeeb. They chased the Midianites and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon, who was now on the other side of the Jordan River.
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16So Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, just as he had been commanded.
- Judg 6:3-42 verses71%
3Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east would attack them.
4They invaded the land and devoured its crops all the way to Gaza. They left nothing for the Israelites to eat, and they took away the sheep, oxen, and donkeys.
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20for the LORD determined to make them obstinate so they would attack Israel. He wanted Israel to annihilate them without mercy, as he had instructed Moses.
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7When the Israelites cried out to the LORD for help because of Midian,
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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.
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24When they approached the Israelite camp, the Israelites rose up and struck down the Moabites, who then ran from them. The Israelites thoroughly defeated Moab.
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1Oppression and Confrontation The Israelites did evil in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD turned them over to Midian for seven years.
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3So go now and strike down the Amalekites. Destroy everything that they have. Don’t spare them. Put them to death– man, woman, child, infant, ox, sheep, camel, and donkey alike.’”