Numbers 31:1

1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,

Numbers 31:1 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 31:1

And the Lord spake unto Moses
After the plague upon Israel for their fornication and idolatry, into which they were drawn by the daughters of Moab and Midian, and after the sum of the people was taken in the plains of Moab, and various laws given or repeated, and a little before the death of Moses:

saying;
as follows.

Numbers 31:1 In-Context

1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,

2 Avenge the sons of Israel upon the Midianites; afterward thou shalt be gathered unto thy peoples.

3 And Moses spoke unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war and let them go against the Midianites and carry out the vengeance of the LORD in Midian.

4 A thousand out of every tribe throughout all the tribes of Israel shall ye send to the war.

5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.