Numbers 31:7 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 31:7

Then they waged war against Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And they warred against Midian, as Jehovah commanded Moses; and they slew every male.

KJV

And they warred against the Midianites, as the Lord commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

But the destruction appears to have been only partial--limited to those who were in the neighborhood of the Hebrew camp and who had been accomplices in the villainous plot of Baal-peor (Nu 25:1-3), while a large portion of the Midianites were absent on their pastoral wanderings or had saved themselves by flight.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַֽיִּצְבְּאוּ֙	vai.yitz.be.'U	and they waged war	H6633 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
מִדְיָ֔ן	mid.Yan	Midian	H4080 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר	ka.'a.Sher	just as	H834 →
צִוָּ֥ה	tzi.Vah	he had commanded	H6680 →
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מֹשֶׁ֑ה	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →
וַיַּֽהַרְג֖וּ	vai.ya.har.Gu	and they killed	H2026 →
כָּל־	kol-	every	H3605 →
זָכָֽר׃	za.Khar	male	H2145 →

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The walk

The walk7

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Samuel 27:9
Whenever David attacked a territory, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but he took the flocks and herds, the donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he would return to Achish,
leads to
- 1 Samuel 15:3
  Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and…
- Exodus 15:22
  Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.
- Genesis 16:7
  Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur.
- Joshua 6:21
  At the edge of the sword they devoted to destruction everything in the city—man and woman, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys.
- 1 Samuel 15:7
  Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.
Through
Judges 21:11
This is what you are to do: Devote to destruction every male, as well as every female who has had relations with a man.”
leads to
- Numbers 31:17–18
  So now, kill all the boys, as well as every woman who has had relations with a man,
- Deuteronomy 2:34
  At that time we captured all his cities and devoted to destruction the people of every city, including women and children. We left no survivors.