Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



So the Moabites said to the leaders of Midian: All those people will eventually eat up everything around us the same way cattle eat up the grass in a field. At that time Balak, son of Zippor, was king of Moab. Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyGrassTongueAnimals Eating

Midian was defeated by the Israelites and was no longer a threat. The land was at peace for forty years, until Gideon died. Verse ConceptsThe Number FortyConquest40 To 50 YearsLifting HeadsTime Of Peace

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

Jethro was the priest of Midian and the father-in-law of Moses. He heard what Jehovah God had done for Moses and his people, after rescuing them from Egypt. Verse ConceptsOccupationsGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

Moses said to the people: Your men must get ready to go to war against the Midianites. Jehovah will use them to get even with Midian. Verse ConceptsGod Executes Vengeance

Again the people of Israel sinned against Jehovah. Therefore he let the people of Midian rule them for seven years. Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In Otenemies, of Israel and JudahSeven YearsGod Will Cause DefeatGod's People Sinning

Gideon sent the Israelites home, except the three hundred. They kept all the supplies and trumpets. The Midianite camp was below them in the valley. Verse ConceptsTrumpetTrumpets For BattleSending people homegideon

Jehovah said to Moses: Treat the Midianites as your enemies, and kill them! This is because they treated you as enemies. They plotted to trick you in the incident that took place at Peor. They used their sister Cozbi, daughter of a Midianite leader, who was killed on the day of the plague caused by the incident at Peor.

Jehovah said to Moses: Get even with the Midianites for what they did to the Israelites. After that you will join your ancestors in death. Moses said to the people: Your men must get ready to go to war against the Midianites. Jehovah will use them to get even with Midian. read more.
Send one thousand men from each of the tribes of Israel. Thus one thousand men from each tribe were supplied from the divisions of Israel, twelve thousand men ready for war. Moses sent them off to war. There were one thousand men from each tribe along with Phinehas, son of the priest Eleazar. Phinehas took with him the holy articles and the trumpets for the fanfare. They went to war against Midian, as Jehovah commanded Moses, and killed every man. Included in those killed were the five kings of Midian-Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba. They also killed Balaam, son of Beor, in battle. The Israelites took the Midianite women and children as prisoners of war. They also took all their animals, their livestock, and their valuables as loot. They burned the cities where the Midianites lived and all their settlements. They took everything as loot including all the people and animals, and brought the prisoners of war, the loot, and everything to Moses, the priest Eleazar, and the congregation of Israel at the camp on the plains of Moab near the Jordan River across from Jericho.