-
WERE DELIVERED - Or, “were told off.”...
-
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 ...
-
THE EXTERMINATION OF THE MIDIANITES. This story of a war of
extermination, waged to avenge the wiles practised on Israel by Midian
(as described in Numbers 25:6) is marked by various fanciful elements...
-
AND _there were delivered_ The use of this verb
וַיִמָּסְרוּ would, if the reading were certain, mark the
chapter as a late composition. It occurs in Numbers 31:16 (see,
however, note), but not elsew...
-
_The utter destruction of every Midianite_, with the exception of the
virgins who are to be kept as spoil....
-
OF EVERY TRIBE A THOUSAND— Six thousand of the Midianites taken
prisoners in the war (see the following verses) give us a sufficient
proof of the strength of that nation, and that the laws of prudence...
-
IV. THE LAST EVENTS IN TRANS-JORDAN (NUMBERS 31; NUMBERS 32; NUMBERS
33:1-42)
A. ATTACK UPON THE MIDIANITES vv. 1-12
TEXT
Numbers 31:1. And th
-
_SO THERE WERE DELIVERED OUT OF THE THOUSANDS OF ISRAEL, A THOUSAND OF
EVERY TRIBE, TWELVE THOUSAND ARMED FOR WAR._
There were delivered - i:e., draughted, chosen, an equal amount from
each tribe, to...
-
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...
-
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...
-
וַ יִּמָּֽסְרוּ֙ מֵ אַלְפֵ֣י
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶ֖לֶף...
-
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...
-
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE MIDIANITES
Numbers 31:1
In reading such a chapter as this we must remember that the Bible is
the history of the slow advance of a nation toward the knowledge of
God, and its pr...
-
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...
-
There is a special mercy in appointing Phineas to this service. He it
was whose zeal for GOD'S honour broke forth in a day of affliction to
the deliverance of Israel. See Numbers 25:7....
-
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...
-
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...
-
SO THEY WERE DELIVERED OUT OF THE THOUSANDS OF ISRAEL,....] Several
thousands very probably offered themselves voluntarily to go to the
war, or however were summoned together on this account, and out...
-
So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of
[every] tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
Ver. 5. _Twelve thousand._] This was no great army, but they were
_Deo armati,_ wit...
-
_Twelve thousand_ God would send no more, though it is apparent the
Midianites were numerous and strong, because he would exercise their
trust in him, and give them an earnest of their conquests in Ca...
-
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...
-
THE OVERTHROW OF MIDIAN...
-
So there were delivered out of the thousands. of Israel, for so the
subdivisions of the tribes were called, Numbers 1:16, A THOUSAND OF
EVERY TRIBE, TWELVE THOUSAND ARMED FOR WAR....
-
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...
-
1-6 All who, without commission from God, dare to execute private
revenge, and who, from ambition, covetousness, or resentment, wage war
and desolate kingdoms, must one day answer for it. But if God,...
-
A THOUSAND OF EVERY TRIBE, to prevent emulations or divisions. God
would send no more, though it is apparent that the Midianites were
numerous and strong, because he would try and exercise their trust...
-
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...
-
Numbers 31:5 recruited H4560 (H8735) divisions H505 Israel H3478
thousand H505 tribe H4294 twelve H8147 H6240 thousand
-
(I) THE SENTENCE PASSED AND CARRIED OUT ON THE LOCAL MIDIANITES
(NUMBERS 31:1).
Analysis.
a The command to avenge Yahweh on Midian (Numbers 31:1).
b The judgment of Yahweh in the defeat of Midian ...
-
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...
-
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...
-
_They warred against the Midianites._
THE VENGEANCE OF JEHOVAH ON MIDIAN
I. That in the administration of the Divine government the punishment
of sin is certain.
1. The sin which the Midianites had...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
Twelve thousand — God would send no more, though it is apparent the
Midianites were numerous and strong, because he would exercise their
trust in him, and give them an earnest of their Canaanitish con...