"Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water."
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Verse Numbers 31:23. _THE WATER OF SEPARATION_] The _water_ in which
the _ashes of the red heifer_ were mingled; Numbers 8:7, Numbers 8:7;
_"_Numbers 19:2_"_, c. Garments, whether of cloth or skins, w...
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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 (Numbers 31:25)
5. The...
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THE PURIFICATION OF THE ISRAELITE ARMY AFTER THE SLAUGHTER. The
purification of warriors after a battle, practised in antiquity as by
savage peoples to-day, was due, not to any desire for physical
cle...
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WATER OF SEPARATION. See Numbers 19....
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_The purification necessary after contact with the dead_. Moses bids
all who are defiled to remain outside the camp for seven days and
perform the requisite ritual of purification....
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AND ELEAZAR—SAID—_THIS IS THE ORDINANCE OF THE LAW_— i.e. "This
is a law to be observed hereafter by all who go to war." The law
before was, that he, who touched a dead body should be purified with
wa...
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C. PURIFICATION OF THE SOLDIERS AND THE BOOTY vv. 21-24
TEXT
Numbers 31:21, And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which
went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord
c...
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_AND PURIFY ALL YOUR RAIMENT, AND ALL THAT IS MADE OF SKINS, AND ALL
WORK OF GOATS' HAIR, AND ALL THINGS MADE OF WOOD._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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31:23 purified (a-24) See ch. 19.12. through (i-4) Lit. 'that which
enters into.'...
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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 ‘Punish the *Mi...
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כָּל ־דָּבָ֞ר אֲשֶׁר ־יָבֹ֣א בָ †
אֵ֗שׁ תַּעֲבִ֤ירוּ בָ † אֵשׁ֙ וְ
טָהֵ֔ר אַ֕ךְ בְּ...
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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
jus...
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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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Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make [it] go through the
fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be (h) purified
with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fir...
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_Expiation, with which even the vessels which had been through the
fire, were to be purified, or washed, as the Hebrew, Septuagint, &c.,
observe. (Calmet) --- Moses perhaps gave this ordinance by word...
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The law respecting uncleanness had so much in it of allusion to the
gospel, that it is not to be wondered at we meet with it upon every
occasion. But Reader! how delightful is it to see our privileges...
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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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EVERY THING THAT MAY ABIDE THE FIRE, YE SHALL MAKE IT GO THROUGH THE
FIRE,.... Either through the smoke of the fire, and so be purified by
suffumigation; or be put into the fire itself, where though t...
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Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make [it] go through the
fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with
the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye...
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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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THE PURIFICATION OF THE ARMY...
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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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19-24 The Israelites had to purify themselves according to the law,
and to abide without the camp seven days, though they had not
contracted any moral guilt, the war being just and lawful, and
command...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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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 31:23 everything H1697 endure H935 (H8799) fire H784 through
H5674 (H8686) fire H784 clean H2891 (H8804) purified H2398 (H8691)
water H4325 purification H5079 endure H935 (H8799) fire H784 thr...
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(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...
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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 31:1__ 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 Corinthians 3:13; 1 Peter 1:7; 1 Peter 3:21; 1 Peter 4:12; Ephesians
5:26; Isaiah 43:2; Leviticus 11:32; Leviticus 15:17; Malachi 2:2;...