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Numbers 31:3

So Moses told the people, “Arm some of your men for war, that they may go against the Midianites and execute the LORD’s vengeance on them.

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ASV

And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm ye men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute Jehovah’s vengeance on Midian.

KJV

And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the Lord of Midian.

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16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיְדַבֵּ֤רvay.da.Berand he spokeH1696 →
מֹשֶׁה֙mo.ShehMosesH4872 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
הָעָ֣םha.'Amthe peopleH5971 →
לֵאמֹ֔רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
הֵחָלְצ֧וּhe.chal.Tzube equippedH2502 →
מֵאִתְּכֶ֛םme.'i.te.Khemfrom with <the> youH854 →
אֲנָשִׁ֖ים'a.na.ShimmenH582 →
לַצָּבָ֑אla.tza.Va'for <the> warH6635 →
וְיִהְיוּ֙ve.yih.Yuso they may beH1961 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
מִדְיָ֔ןmid.YanMidianH4080 →
לָתֵ֥תla.Tetto giveH5414 →
נִקְמַת־nik.mat-[the] vengeance ofH5360 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
בְּמִדְיָֽן׃be.mid.Yanon MidianH4080 →

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Leviticus 26:25And I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.Exodus 17:9–13So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.”2 Kings 9:7And you are to strike down the house of your master Ahab, so that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets and the blood of all the servants of the LORD shed by the hand of Jezebel.Numbers 25:13It will be a covenant of permanent priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”2 Kings 10:30Nevertheless, the LORD said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in My sight and have done to the house of Ahab all that was in My heart, four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”Numbers 25:11“Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned My wrath away from the Israelites; for he was zealous for My sake among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in My zeal.Judges 5:2“When the princes take the lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, bless the LORD.Judges 5:23‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the LORD. ‘Bitterly curse her inhabitants; for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’Jeremiah 46:10For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.Exodus 17:16“Indeed,” he said, “a hand was lifted up toward the throne of the LORD. The LORD will war against Amalek from generation to generation.”Numbers 31:2“Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.”Jeremiah 50:28Listen to the fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon, declaring in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance for His temple.

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The Bronze Serpent — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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