“Avenge the children of Israel on the Midianites. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Numbers 31:2 in context
Numbers 31:1–5
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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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“Avenge the children of Israel on the Midianites. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people.”
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Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm men from among you for war, that they may go against Midian, to execute the LORD’s vengeance on Midian.
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You shall send one thousand out of every tribe, throughout all the tribes of Israel, to the war.”
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So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
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