only in order that the generations of the sons of Israel might be taught war, at least those who had not experienced it previously).

He said to them, "Follow me, for the Lord is about to defeat your enemies, the Moabites!" They followed him, captured the fords of the Jordan River opposite Moab, and did not let anyone cross.

And Yahweh said to him, "But I will be with you, and you will defeat Midian {as if they are one man}."

And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.