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Numbers 31:2

Israel

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.

3 And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian.

4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.

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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

    And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.

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  • Numbers 25:14–18

    Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites.

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  • Judges 2:10

    And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.

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  • Revelation 6:10

    And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

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  • Psalms 94:1–3

    O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.

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  • Genesis 25:8

    Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.

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  • Numbers 31:3

    And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:35

    To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.

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