"And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD."
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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 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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TABERNACLE. tent. Hebrew. _'ohel_. See App-40....
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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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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 THE OFFICERS WHICH WERE OVER THOUSANDS OF THE HOST, THE CAPTAINS
OF THOUSANDS, AND CAPTAINS OF HUNDREDS, CAME NEAR UNTO MOSES:_
Officers ... said ... there lacketh not one man of us. A victory s...
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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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וַ יִּקַּ֨ח מֹשֶׁ֜ה וְ אֶלְעָזָ֤ר הַ
כֹּהֵן֙ אֶת ־הַ זָּהָ֔ב מֵ אֵ֛ת
שָׂרֵ֥י הָ...
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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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And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of
thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the
congregation, [for] a (s) memorial for the children of Israel bef...
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I class all these verses together, because they are connected in the
history, and because the improvements they suggest are all united. We
have in them the pious reflections of the officers in Israel'...
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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 MOSES AND ELEAZAR THE PRIEST TOOK THE GOLD OF THE CAPTAINS OF
THOUSANDS AND OF HUNDREDS,.... Which they so freely and generously
offered:
AND BROUGHT IT INTO THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION; a...
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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 GIFTS CONSECRATED TO THE LORD...
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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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48-54 The success of the Israelites had been very remarkable, so small
a company overcoming such multitudes, but it was still more wonderful
that not one was slain or missing. They presented the gold...
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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 31:54 Moses H4872 Eleazar H499 priest H3548 received H3947
(H8799) gold H2091 captains H8269 thousands H505 hundreds H3967
brought H935 (H8686) tabernacle H168 meeting H4150 memorial H2146
chi...
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THE SUM OF THE SURVIVING MEN OF WAR AND THEIR FREEWILL GIFT TO THE
SANCTUARY OF THEIR PERSONAL SPOIL (NUMBERS 31:48).
a The assessing of the men of war, not one is missing (num 8-49).
b They offer 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 31:1__ 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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Acts 10:4; Exodus 30:16; Joshua 4:7; Luke 22:19; Numbers 16:40; Psalms
103:1; Psalms 103:2; Psalms 115:1; Psalms 145:7; Psalms 18:49;...