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Numbers 31

Numbers 31 records Israel's war against Midian as a specific judgment connected with the Baal-peor crisis. Phinehas accompanies the army; Midianite kings and Balaam are killed; captives and spoil are brought back. Moses cites the women's role in the Peor trespass and gives severe commands concerning the captives. The soldiers and spoil then undergo purification, the booty is divided by rule, and portions are assigned to the LORD, priests, and Levites. The officers also bring a voluntary offering after discovering that none of Israel's soldiers are missing.

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Numbers 31 records Israel's war against Midian as a specific judgment connected with the Baal-peor crisis. Phinehas accompanies the army; Midianite kings and Balaam are killed; captives and spoil are brought back. Moses cites the women's role in the Peor trespass and gives severe commands concerning the captives. The soldiers and spoil then undergo purification, the booty is divided by rule, and portions are assigned to the LORD, priests, and Levites. The officers also bring a voluntary offering after discovering that none of Israel's soldiers are missing.

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Verses 1–6Israel is sent to avenge itself on MidianVerses 7–12Midian is defeated and Balaam is slainVerses 13–24Moses gives instructions concerning the captives and spoilVerses 25–47The spoil is divided and tribute is given to the LORDVerses 48–54The officers bring an offering because none of their men were missing
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1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,2Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt…3And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of…4Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of…5So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel,…6And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of…7And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded…8And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest…9And the children of Israel took all the women of…10And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and…11And they took all the spoil, and all the prey,…12And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the…13And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes…14And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host,…15And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the…16Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel…17Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and…18But all the women children, that have not known a…19And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever…20And purify all your raiment, and all that is made…21And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war…22Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron,…23Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make…24And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day,…25And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,26Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both…27And divide the prey into two parts; between them that…28And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men…29Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar…30And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take…31And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD…32And the booty, being the rest of the prey which…33And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,34And threescore and one thousand asses,35And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women…36And the half, which was the portion of them that…37And the LORD's tribute of the sheep was six hundred…38And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which…39And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of…40And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD's…41And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD's heave…42And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided…43(Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three…44And thirty and six thousand beeves,45And thirty thousand asses and five hundred,46And sixteen thousand persons;)47Even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one…48And the officers which were over thousands of the host,…49And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the…50We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what…51And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of…52And all the gold of the offering that they offered…53(For the men of war had taken spoil, every man…54And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of…