Numbers 31:1

1 The LORD spoke to Moshe, 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 The LORD spoke to Moshe, saying,

2 Avenge the children of Yisra'el of the Midyanim: afterward you shall be gathered to your people.

3 Moshe spoke to the people, saying, Arm you men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midyan, to execute the LORD's vengeance on Midyan.

4 Of every tribe one thousand, throughout all the tribes of Yisra'el, shall you send to the war.

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