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7. THE WAR AGAINST THE MIDIANITES
CHAPTER 31
_ 1. The command to fight Midian (Numbers 31:1)_
2. The war (Numbers 31:7)
3. The cleansing (Numbers 31:13)
4. The spoil taken ...
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THE DIVISION OF THE BOOTY. The principle of equal division between
those who went forth to fight, and those who remained in the camp was
observed by David (1 Samuel 30:22), who seems to have been the...
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_The apportionment of the spoil_. Those who fought and those who
remained behind were to receive equal shares. This was an ancient
custom, which was traced to the action of David (1 Samuel 30:24 f.)....
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OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL'S HALF, THOU SHALL TAKE ONE PORTION OF
FIFTY— The congregation, not having hazarded their lives, are
enjoined to part with ten times as much as those who went to battle,
and...
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D. DIVISION OF THE BOOTY vv. 25-54
TEXT
Numbers 31:25. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 26. Take the sum
of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and
Eleazar the priest, and t...
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_AND DIVIDE THE PREY INTO TWO PARTS; BETWEEN THEM THAT TOOK THE WAR
UPON THEM, WHO WENT OUT TO BATTLE, AND BETWEEN ALL THE CONGREGATION:_
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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WAR AGAINST MIDIAN
This chapter contains an account of the fulfilment of the decree of
extermination passed upon the Midianites as being the occasion of
Israel's apostasy in the plains of Moab: see o...
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THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS
IN THE DESERT
NUMBERS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 31
*ISRAEL’S WAR AGAINST THE COUNTRY CALLED MIDIAN – NUMBERS 31:1-12
V1 The *LORD said to Moses, V2...
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ONE PORTION OF FIFTY. — The Levites were much more numerous than the
priests, and consequently it was ordered that they should have two per
cent. of the spoil which fell to the congregation, whereas t...
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וּ מִ מַּחֲצִ֨ת בְּנֵֽי ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל
תִּקַּ֣ח...
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WAR AND SETTLEMENT
1. THE WAR WITH MIDIAN
Numbers 31:1
THE command to vex and smite the Midianites Numbers 25:16 has already
been considered. Israel had not the spiritual power which would have
just...
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THE DISPOSITION OF THE SPOILS OF WAR
Numbers 31:21
This law, which subjected the victors to a whole week of separation
and to special purification, instead of an immediate welcome into the
camp, was...
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Here we have the story of the end of Balaam. It took place in
connection with a war directly resulting from the sin of the people
committed through the influence of Balaam. They had corrupted the
nati...
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And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take (l) one portion
of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the
flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites,...
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I think it not necessary to break the chain of those verses, when one
general observation may be properly made from the whole taken
together. It is worthy of remark, how graciously the LORD, by taking...
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The successes given to the children of Israel alarmed some of their
neighbours, more particularly Moab; and this gives occasion for a
striking episode in the history which brought to issue as solemn a...
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War is found in the wilderness (though it is not characteristic of it)
whenever we fall into the snares the enemy there lays for us. There
are always conflicts in the heavenly places in order to the e...
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AND OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL'S HALF, THOU SHALL TAKE ONE PORTION OF
FIFTY,.... Which was abundantly more than what was taken out of the
part of the soldiers; and the reason of it is plain and easy to...
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_A heave-offering_ In thankfulness to God for their preservation and
good success. _One of fifty_ Whereas the former part was one of five
hundred; the reason of the difference Isaiah, 1 st, Because th...
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1 The Midianites are spoyled, and Balaam slaine.
13 Moses is wroth with the officers, for sauing the women aliue.
19 How the souldiers with their captiues and spoile, are to be
purified.
25 The pro...
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And of the children of Israelis half, of the portion which had been
allotted to the congregation that had remained in camp, THOU SHALL
TAKE ONE PORTION OF FIFTY, or two per cent. OF THE PERSONS, OF TH...
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THE DIVISION OF THE SPOILS...
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VENGEANCE ON MIDIAN
(vs.1-11)
The Midianites had been guilty of seducing Israel, and God required
that account to be settled. This was the last charge laid upon Moses
before his death (v.2). His own...
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FLOCKS:
Or, goats...
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25-47 Whatever we have, God justly claims a part. Out of the people's
share God required one in fifty, but out of the soldiers' share only
one in five hundred. The less opportunity we have of honourin...
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ONE PORTION OF FIFTY; whereas the former part was one of five hundred:
the reason of the difference is, partly because this was taken out of
the people's portion, whose hazards being less than the oth...
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We have here the closing scene of Moses' _ official_ life; as in
Deuteronomy 34:1-12 we have the closing scene of his _ personal_
history. "and the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Avenge the children
o...
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Numbers 31:30 children H1121 Israels H3478 half H4276 take H3947
(H8799) one H259 H270 (H8803) fifty...
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(II) THE DIVISION OF THE SPOILS (NUMBERS 31:25).
This whole passage follows the following pattern.
a The sum of the prey that was taken and the levies commanded (Numbers
31:25).
b Division between t...
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CONTENTS: The judgment of Midian.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Balaam.
CONCLUSION: Our worst enemies are those that draw us to sin. Over all
such enemies there is absolute victory for those who take side...
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Numbers 31:2. _Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites._ If it
were just to cut off twenty four thousand of the Israelites for the
awful feast, apostasy, and fornication at Baal-peor, it was e...
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 31:25 Half of the spoils of war went to the
soldiers and half to those who stayed behind (v. Numbers 31:27;
compare...
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 31:1__ The Midianites were nomadic people
who lived in the deserts on the outside edges of Canaan. They were
associated with the Ishmaelites, Amalekites, and Moabites. It is th...
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES
Moses had already received command to smite the Midianites (Numbers
25:16); and in this chapter we have the order given to him to execute
that command, and the narrativ...
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Then as we get into Numbers chapter thirty-one, the Lord orders the
destruction of the Midianites.
Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward thou shall
be gathered to your people (Nu...
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1 Chronicles 23:32; 1 Chronicles 26:20; 1 Chronicles 9:27; 1
Corinthians 18:1;...
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One of fifty — Whereas the former part was one of five hundred; the
reason of the difference is, partly, because this was taken out of the
peoples portion, whose hazards being less than the others, th...