Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, "Now this mass of people will lick up everything around us, as the bull devours the grass of the field. Now Balak son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at this time. Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyGrassTongueAnimals Eating

The Israelites humiliated Midian; the Midianites' fighting spirit was broken. The land had rest for forty years during Gideon's time. Verse ConceptsThe Number FortyConquest40 To 50 YearsLifting HeadsTime Of Peace

She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard about all that God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, that the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt. Verse ConceptsOccupationsGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

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. Verse ConceptsGod Executes Vengeance

The Israelites did evil in the Lord's sight, so the Lord turned them over to Midian for seven years. Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In Otenemies, of Israel and JudahSeven YearsGod Will Cause DefeatGod's People Sinning

The men who were chosen took supplies and their trumpets. Gideon sent all the men of Israel back to their homes; he kept only three hundred men. Now the Midianites were camped down below in the valley. Verse ConceptsTrumpetTrumpets For BattleSending people homegideon

Then the Lord spoke to Moses: "Bring trouble to the Midianites, and destroy them, because they bring trouble to you by their treachery with which they have deceived you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, who was killed on the day of the plague that happened as a result of Peor."

The Lord spoke to Moses: "Exact vengeance for the Israelites on the Midianites -- after that you will be gathered to your people." 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. read more.
You must send to the battle a thousand men from every tribe throughout all the tribes of Israel." So a thousand from every tribe, twelve thousand armed for battle in all, were provided out of the thousands of Israel. 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. They fought against the Midianites, as the Lord commanded Moses, and they killed every male. They 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. The Israelites took the women of Midian captives along with their little ones, and took all their herds, all their flocks, and all their goods as plunder. They burned all their towns where they lived and all their encampments. They took all the plunder and all the spoils, both people and animals. They brought the captives and the spoils and the plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the Israelite community, to the camp on the plains of Moab, along the Jordan River across from Jericho.