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Numbers 31:2

Israel

1 And the LORD said to Moses,

“Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.”

3 So Moses told the people, “Arm some of your men for war, that they may go against the Midianites and execute the LORD’s vengeance on them.

4 Send into battle a thousand men from each tribe of Israel.”

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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
“Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.”
KJV
Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
WEB
“Avenge the children of Israel on the Midianites. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people.”
ASV
Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
DARBY
Avenge the children of Israel upon the Midianites; afterwards shalt thou be gathered unto thy peoples.
BLB
“Avenge the vengeance of the sons of Israel against the Midianite; afterward you shall be gathered to your people.”
ÅB
Ta hevn over midianittene for det de har gjort mot Israels barn! Deretter skal du samles til dine fedre.
OTB
"Ta hevn over midianittene for israelittenes skyld; deretter skal du samles til ditt folk."
B1930
Ta hevn over midianittene for det de har gjort mot Israels barn! Derefter skal du samles til dine fedre.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Numbers 27:13

    After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was;

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  • Numbers 25:14–18

    The name of the Israelite who was slain with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family.

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  • Judges 2:10

    After that whole generation had also been gathered to their fathers, another generation rose up who did not know the LORD or the works that He had done for Israel.

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  • Revelation 6:10

    And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”

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  • Psalms 94:1–3

    O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.

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  • Genesis 25:8

    And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.

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  • Numbers 31:3

    So Moses told the people, “Arm some of your men for war, that they may go against the Midianites and execute the LORD’s vengeance on them.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:35

    Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”

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