Thematic Bible
Numbers 31:1 (show verse)
Numbers 31:2 (show verse)
Exact thou the avenging of the sons of Israel, from the Midianites, - and, afterwards, shalt thou be withdrawn unto thy kinsfolk.
Numbers 31:3 (show verse)
So Moses spake unto the people saying, Arm ye from among you men, for the war, and let them go against Midian, to render the avenging of Yahweh upon Midian.
Numbers 31:4 (show verse)
A thousand from each tribe, - of all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send forth unto the war.
Numbers 31:5 (show verse)
And there volunteered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of each tribe, - twelve thousand, armed for war.
Numbers 31:6 (show verse)
And Moses sent them a thousand of each tribe to the war, - them, and Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the vessels of the sanctuary, and the alarm trumpets, in his hand.
the Armies of israel » Attended by priest with trumpets
the Armies of israel » Men selected from, for difficult enterprises
Midianites » With the moabites » Punished for seducing israel
Phinehas » Sent to sound the trumpets in the battle with the midianites
Priest » The function he served was superior to that of other priests » A second priest, under the high priest
Priest » Duties of » Sound the trumpet in summoning assemblies and in battle
Trumpet » Used for » Sounding for a memorial when the people went into battle
Trumpet » To summon soldiers » By phinehas
the Armies of israel » Men selected from, for difficult enterprises
Midianites » With the moabites » Punished for seducing israel
Phinehas » Sent to sound the trumpets in the battle with the midianites
Priest » The function he served was superior to that of other priests » A second priest, under the high priest
Priest » Duties of » Sound the trumpet in summoning assemblies and in battle
Trumpet » Used for » Sounding for a memorial when the people went into battle
Trumpet » To summon soldiers » By phinehas
Numbers 31:7 (show verse)
So they made war upon Midian, as Yahweh had commanded Moses, and slew every male:
Canaan, land of » Miscellaneous topics » Wars of extermination waged against early inhabitants of
Extermination » Wars of extermination waged against early inhabitants of
Homicide » Justifiable, described as » Killing enemies in battle
Massacre » Instances of » Midianites
Midianites » With the moabites » Punished for seducing israel
Trumpet » Used for » Sounding for a memorial when the people went into battle
War » Of extermination
Extermination » Wars of extermination waged against early inhabitants of
Homicide » Justifiable, described as » Killing enemies in battle
Massacre » Instances of » Midianites
Midianites » With the moabites » Punished for seducing israel
Trumpet » Used for » Sounding for a memorial when the people went into battle
War » Of extermination
Numbers 31:8 (show verse)
and the kings of Midian, slew they besides their other slain namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian, - Balaam also, son of Beor, slew they with the sword.
balaam » General references to
balaam » Death of
Evi » Prince of midian, killed
Homicide » Justifiable, described as » Killing enemies in battle
Hur » King of midian
Massacre » Instances of » Midianites
Midianites » With the moabites » Punished for seducing israel
Midianites » Governed by kings
Reba » Killed by the israelites
Rekem » King of the midianites » Killed » By israelites
War » Of extermination
Zur » A prince of midian
balaam » Death of
Evi » Prince of midian, killed
Homicide » Justifiable, described as » Killing enemies in battle
Hur » King of midian
Massacre » Instances of » Midianites
Midianites » With the moabites » Punished for seducing israel
Midianites » Governed by kings
Reba » Killed by the israelites
Rekem » King of the midianites » Killed » By israelites
War » Of extermination
Zur » A prince of midian
Numbers 31:9 (show verse)
And the sons of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones, - all their cattle also and all their flocks and all their substance, carried they off as a prey;
Numbers 31:10 (show verse)
all their cities also in their sites, and all their encampments, burned they up with fire.
Numbers 31:11 (show verse)
Then took they all the spoil, and all the booty, - both of man and beast;
Numbers 31:12 (show verse)
and brought in unto Moses and unto Eleazar the priest and unto the assembly of the sons of Israel - the captives and the booty, and the spoil unto the camp, - unto the waste plains of Moab, which are by Jordan, near Jericho.
Numbers 31:13 (show verse)
And Moses, and Eleazar the priest and all the princes of the assembly, went forth to meet them, - unto the outside of the camp.
Numbers 31:14 (show verse)
Then was Moses sore displeased with the officers of the force, - the princes of thousands, and the princes of hundreds who were coming in from the warring host.
Numbers 31:15 (show verse)
And Moses said unto them, - Have ye saved alive every female?
Numbers 31:16 (show verse)
Lo! they, became unto the sons of Israel, by the advice of Balaam, the cause of daring acts of treachery against Yahweh, over the affair of Peor, - and then came the plague against the assembly of Yahweh!
balaam » General references to
balaam » Counsel of, an occasion of israel's corruption with the midianites
balaam » evil counsellor
Captive » Cruelty to » Putting to death
Church of israel » Called the » Congregation of the lord
Counsel » Evil
Evil » Results of » Counsel
Offence » Exemplified
Sanitation » Quarantine
War » Of extermination
Woman » Frequently » Active in instigating to iniquity
Women » Active in instigating to iniquity
balaam » Counsel of, an occasion of israel's corruption with the midianites
balaam » evil counsellor
Captive » Cruelty to » Putting to death
Church of israel » Called the » Congregation of the lord
Counsel » Evil
Evil » Results of » Counsel
Offence » Exemplified
Sanitation » Quarantine
War » Of extermination
Woman » Frequently » Active in instigating to iniquity
Women » Active in instigating to iniquity
Numbers 31:17 (show verse)
Now, therefore, slay ye every male among the young, - every woman also that hath cohabited with man, slay ye.
Numbers 31:18 (show verse)
But all the young of womankind that hay, not cohabited with man, preserve alive for yourselves.
Numbers 31:19 (show verse)
Ye, then, pitch outside the camp, for seven days, - whosoever hath killed a person and whoever hath touched the slain, cleanse yourselves (from sin) on the third day and on the seventh day ye and your captives,.
Armies » March in ranks » Purifications
the Armies of israel » Purified on returning from war
Captive » Cruelty to » Putting to death
Defilement » Caused by » Touching the dead
Defilement » Caused by » Killing in battle
Disease » Remedies » Quarantine
Mourning » Caused ceremonial defilement
Purification » For those who had recently killed someone in battle
Sanitation » Disinfection
Sanitation » Carcasses
Sanitation » Quarantine
the Armies of israel » Purified on returning from war
Captive » Cruelty to » Putting to death
Defilement » Caused by » Touching the dead
Defilement » Caused by » Killing in battle
Disease » Remedies » Quarantine
Mourning » Caused ceremonial defilement
Purification » For those who had recently killed someone in battle
Sanitation » Disinfection
Sanitation » Carcasses
Sanitation » Quarantine
Numbers 31:20 (show verse)
Every garment also, and every article of skin and every thing made of goats-hair, and every article of wood, shall ye cleanse (from sin).
Armies » March in ranks » Purifications
the Armies of israel » Purified on returning from war
Captive » Cruelty to » Putting to death
Defilement » Caused by » Touching the dead
Defilement » Caused by » Killing in battle
Dress » Ceremonial purification of
Garments » Cleansed by water from ceremonial uncleanness
Goat » Hair of, used for clothing
Purification » For those who had recently killed someone in battle
Sanitation » Disinfection
Sanitation » Quarantine
the Armies of israel » Purified on returning from war
Captive » Cruelty to » Putting to death
Defilement » Caused by » Touching the dead
Defilement » Caused by » Killing in battle
Dress » Ceremonial purification of
Garments » Cleansed by water from ceremonial uncleanness
Goat » Hair of, used for clothing
Purification » For those who had recently killed someone in battle
Sanitation » Disinfection
Sanitation » Quarantine
Numbers 31:21 (show verse)
Then said Eleazar the priest unto the men of the host, who had been to the war: This, is the statute of the law, which Yahweh hath commanded Moses:
Numbers 31:22 (show verse)
Surely the gold and the silver, - the bronze the iron, the tin and the lead,
Armies » March in ranks » Purifications
the Armies of israel » Purified on returning from war
Brass » Taken in war » Cleansed by fire
Iron » Mode of purifying, taken in war
Lead » Purified by fire
Metals » Ceremonially cleansed by fire
Metals » Mentioned in scripture » Tin
Purification » For those who had recently killed someone in battle
Sanitation » Disinfection
Silver » Taken in war purified by fire
the Armies of israel » Purified on returning from war
Brass » Taken in war » Cleansed by fire
Iron » Mode of purifying, taken in war
Lead » Purified by fire
Metals » Ceremonially cleansed by fire
Metals » Mentioned in scripture » Tin
Purification » For those who had recently killed someone in battle
Sanitation » Disinfection
Silver » Taken in war purified by fire
Numbers 31:23 (show verse)
whatsoever thing can go into fire, ye shall pass through fire and it shall be clean, only with the water of separation, shall ye cleanse it (from sin). But whatsoever cannot go into fire, ye shall pass through water.
Armies » March in ranks » Purifications
the Armies of israel » Purified on returning from war
Brass » Taken in war » Cleansed by fire
Fire » As a purifier
Fire » Characterized as » Purifying
Iron » Mode of purifying, taken in war
Metals » Ceremonially cleansed by fire
Purification » Water of
Purification » For those who had recently killed someone in battle
Purification » By fire, for things that resist fire
Sanitation » Disinfection
Silver » Taken in war purified by fire
the Armies of israel » Purified on returning from war
Brass » Taken in war » Cleansed by fire
Fire » As a purifier
Fire » Characterized as » Purifying
Iron » Mode of purifying, taken in war
Metals » Ceremonially cleansed by fire
Purification » Water of
Purification » For those who had recently killed someone in battle
Purification » By fire, for things that resist fire
Sanitation » Disinfection
Silver » Taken in war purified by fire
Numbers 31:24 (show verse)
And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and be clean, - and after-wards, shall ye come into the camp.
Numbers 31:25 (show verse)
Numbers 31:26 (show verse)
Reckon thou up the sum of the booty that was captured, both of man and of beat, - thou and Eleazar the priest, and the ancestral heads of the assembly;
Numbers 31:27 (show verse)
and divide the booty into two parts, between them who took upon them the war, who went out in the host, - and all the rest of the assembly.
Numbers 31:28 (show verse)
Then shalt thou levy a tribute unto Yahweh - from the men of war, who went forth in the host, one living thing, out of five hundred, - of the human beings, and of the herd, and of the asses and of the flock:
Armies » March in ranks » A share the spoils
Heave-offering » Consisted of » Part of spoil taken in war
Priest » The function he served was superior to that of other priests » Distribute the plunder of war
Priest » Benefits of » Part of the plunder of war, including captives
Servant » Bond » Captive bondservants shared by priests and levites
Spoils » Divided
Heave-offering » Consisted of » Part of spoil taken in war
Priest » The function he served was superior to that of other priests » Distribute the plunder of war
Priest » Benefits of » Part of the plunder of war, including captives
Servant » Bond » Captive bondservants shared by priests and levites
Spoils » Divided
Numbers 31:29 (show verse)
out of their half, shall ye take them , - and thou shall give them unto Eleazar the priest as a heave-offering unto Yahweh.
Armies » March in ranks » A share the spoils
Dedication » Personal of offerings » Heave
Heave-offering » Consisted of » Part of spoil taken in war
Offerings » Heave
Offerings » Heave » Plunder, including captives and other articles of war
Priest » The function he served was superior to that of other priests » Distribute the plunder of war
Priest » Benefits of » Part of the plunder of war, including captives
priests » Revenues of » A fixed portion of the spoil taken in war
Servant » Bond » Captive bondservants shared by priests and levites
Spoils » Divided
Dedication » Personal of offerings » Heave
Heave-offering » Consisted of » Part of spoil taken in war
Offerings » Heave
Offerings » Heave » Plunder, including captives and other articles of war
Priest » The function he served was superior to that of other priests » Distribute the plunder of war
Priest » Benefits of » Part of the plunder of war, including captives
priests » Revenues of » A fixed portion of the spoil taken in war
Servant » Bond » Captive bondservants shared by priests and levites
Spoils » Divided
Numbers 31:30 (show verse)
And out of the half allotted to the sons of Israel, shalt thou take one allotted portion out of fifty of the human beings, of the herd, of the asses and of the flock of all b the cattle, - and shalt give them unto the Levites, who keep the charge of the habitation of Yahweh.
Numbers 31:31 (show verse)
And Moses and Eleazar the priest did, - As Yahweh commanded Moses.
Numbers 31:32 (show verse)
And it came to pass that the booty, over and above the prey which the people of the host had seized, was, - of the flock, six hundred and seventy-five thousand;
Numbers 31:33 (show verse)
and, of the herd, seventy-two thousand;
Numbers 31:34 (show verse)
and, of the asses, sixty-one thousand;
Numbers 31:35 (show verse)
and, of the human persons, even of the woman-kind who had not cohabited with man, - all the per-sons, thirty-two thousand.
Numbers 31:36 (show verse)
And the half, the share of them who had gone forth in the host, was, - the number of the flock - three hundred and thirty-seven thousand and five hundred;
Numbers 31:37 (show verse)
and so, the tribute unto Yahweh, out of the flock, was - six hundred and seventy-five;
Numbers 31:38 (show verse)
and the herd, thirty-six thousand, - and the tribute of them unto Yahweh - seventy-two;
Numbers 31:39 (show verse)
and the asses, thirty thousand and five hundred, - and the tribute of them unto Yahweh, sixty-one;
Numbers 31:40 (show verse)
and the human persons, sixteen thousand, - and the tribute of them unto Yahweh, thirty-two persons.
Numbers 31:41 (show verse)
And Moses gave the tribute - the heave-offering of Yahweh, unto Eleazar the priest, - As Yahweh commanded Moses.
Armies » March in ranks » A share the spoils
Heave-offering » Consisted of » Part of spoil taken in war
Offerings » Heave » Plunder, including captives and other articles of war
priests » Revenues of » A fixed portion of the spoil taken in war
Servant » Bond » Captive bondservants shared by priests and levites
Spoils » Divided
Heave-offering » Consisted of » Part of spoil taken in war
Offerings » Heave » Plunder, including captives and other articles of war
priests » Revenues of » A fixed portion of the spoil taken in war
Servant » Bond » Captive bondservants shared by priests and levites
Spoils » Divided
Numbers 31:42 (show verse)
And, of the half, allotted unto the sons of Israel, - which Moses halved away from the men who had gone out in the host,
Numbers 31:43 (show verse)
the half allotted unto the assembly, was - of the flock, three hundred and thirty-seven thousand, and five hundred;
Numbers 31:44 (show verse)
and, of the herd, six and thirty thousand;
Numbers 31:45 (show verse)
and, of asses, thirty thousand and five hundred;
Numbers 31:46 (show verse)
and, human persons, sixteen thousand.
Numbers 31:47 (show verse)
So then Moses took - out of the half belonging to the sons of Israel the allotted portion one out of fifty, of the human beings and of the beasts, - and gave them unto the Levites, the keepers of the charge of the habitation of Yahweh, As Yahweh commanded Moses.
Numbers 31:48 (show verse)
Then came near unto Moses the officers who belonged unto the thousands of the host, - the princes of thousands and the princes of hundreds;
Numbers 31:49 (show verse)
and said unto Moses, Thy servants have reckoned up the sum of the men of war who are in our hand, - and there is not missed from among us, a man!
Numbers 31:50 (show verse)
Therefore have we brought near an offering unto Yahweh, what, each man, hath found - articles of gold, ankle chains and bracelets, rings earrings and buckles, - to put a propitiatory-covering over our souls before Yahweh.
Adorning » Rich apparel » Earrings
Adorning » Rich apparel » Bracelets
Adorning » Jewels » General references to
Adorning » Jewels » Brought as offerings to God
Atonement » By jewels
Bracelet » Taken as spoils
Bracelet » Dedicated to the tabernacle
Chains » Worn » Ankles
Giving » To God, general references to
Gold » Used in the arts » Into ornaments
Jewels » General references to
Jewels » Brought as offerings to God
Jewels » Dedicated to the tabernacle
Liberality » Instances of » Israelites at the erection of the tabernacle
Necklace » Av, tablets, rv, armlet
Ornaments » Rich apparel » Earrings
Ornaments » Rich apparel » Bracelets
Ornaments » Jewels » General references to
Ornaments » Jewels » Brought as offerings to God
Ring » Offerings of, to the tabernacle
Ring » Of gold
Rings » Made of gold and set with precious stones
Rings » Numbers of, taken from midianites
Spoils » Divided
Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Of the people of israel
Adorning » Rich apparel » Bracelets
Adorning » Jewels » General references to
Adorning » Jewels » Brought as offerings to God
Atonement » By jewels
Bracelet » Taken as spoils
Bracelet » Dedicated to the tabernacle
Chains » Worn » Ankles
Giving » To God, general references to
Gold » Used in the arts » Into ornaments
Jewels » General references to
Jewels » Brought as offerings to God
Jewels » Dedicated to the tabernacle
Liberality » Instances of » Israelites at the erection of the tabernacle
Necklace » Av, tablets, rv, armlet
Ornaments » Rich apparel » Earrings
Ornaments » Rich apparel » Bracelets
Ornaments » Jewels » General references to
Ornaments » Jewels » Brought as offerings to God
Ring » Offerings of, to the tabernacle
Ring » Of gold
Rings » Made of gold and set with precious stones
Rings » Numbers of, taken from midianites
Spoils » Divided
Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Of the people of israel
Numbers 31:51 (show verse)
So Moses, and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, - all the wrought articles.
Numbers 31:52 (show verse)
And all the gold of the heave-offering which they offered up unto Yahweh, was - sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels, - of the princes of thousands, and of the princes of hundreds.
Numbers 31:53 (show verse)
The men of the host, had taken prey, each man for himself.
Numbers 31:54 (show verse)
So then Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the princes of thousands, and hundreds, - and brought it into the tent of meeting, as a memorial for the sons of Israel before Yahweh.