Numbers 31:14
12 They brought the captives, spoils, and plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of Israel at the camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.
13 And Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation went to meet them outside the camp.
But Moses was angry with the officers of the army—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—who were returning from the battle.
15 “Have you spared all the women?” he asked them.
16 “Look, these women caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to turn unfaithfully against the LORD at Peor, so that the plague struck the congregation of the LORD.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- But Moses was angry with the officers of the army—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—who were returning from the battle.
- KJV
- And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.
- WEB
- Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war.
- ASV
- And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war.
- DARBY
- And Moses was wroth with the officers of the army, with the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war;
- BLB
- And Moses was angry with the officers of the army, chiefs of the thousands and chiefs of the hundreds, who were coming in from the battle.
- ÅB
- Men Moses ble vred på dem som var satt over hæren, på høvdingene over tusen og høvdingene over hundre, da de kom tilbake fra krigstoget.
- OTB
- Moses ble sint på hærens offiserer, tusenførerne og hundreførerne, som var kommet tilbake fra krigen.
- B1930
- Men Moses blev vred på dem som var satt over hæren, på høvdingene over tusen og høvdingene over hundre, da de kom tilbake fra krigstoget.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 31:48
Then the officers who were over the units of the army—the commanders of thousands and of hundreds—approached Moses
Read in contextExodus 32:19
As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the base of the mountain.
Read in contextLeviticus 10:16
Later, Moses searched carefully for the goat of the sin offering, and behold, it had been burned up. He was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s remaining sons, and asked,
Read in contextNumbers 12:3
Now Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth.
Read in context1 Samuel 15:13–14
When Samuel reached him, Saul said to him, “May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD’s instructions.”
Read in contextEphesians 4:26
“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,
Read in context1 Kings 20:42
And the prophet said to the king, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have let slip from your hand the man I had devoted to destruction, your life will be exchanged for his life, and your people for his people.’”
Read in context2 Kings 13:19
But the man of God was angry with him and said, “You should have struck the ground five or six times. Then you would have struck down Aram until you had put an end to it. But now you will strike down Aram only three times.”
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