Numbers 31:3

Vengeance on the Midianites

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 ^a“Take vengeance on the Midianites for the children of Israel. Afterward you shall ^bbe gathered to your people.”

3 So Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm some of yourselves for war, and let them go against the Midianites to take vengeance for the Lord on ^aMidian.

4 A thousand from each tribe of all the tribes of Israel you shall send to the war.”

5 So there were recruited from the divisions of Israel one thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Numbers 31:3

Avenge the Lord of Midian - It was God' s quarrel, not their own, that they were now to take up. These people were idolaters; idolatry is an offense against God; the civil power has no authority to meddle with what belongs to Him, without especial directions, certified in the most unequivocal way. Private revenge, extension of territory, love of plunder, were to have no place in this business; the Lord is to be avenged; and through Him the children of Israel, (Numbers 31:2), because their souls as well as their bodies had been well nigh ruined by their idolatry.

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