Numbers 31:1

1 locutusque est Dominus ad Mosen dicens

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 locutusque est Dominus ad Mosen dicens

2 ulciscere prius filios Israhel de Madianitis et sic colligeris ad populum tuum

3 statimque Moses armate inquit ex vobis viros ad pugnam qui possint ultionem Domini expetere de Madianitis

4 mille viri de singulis tribubus eligantur Israhel qui mittantur ad bellum

5 dederuntque millenos de cunctis tribubus id est duodecim milia expeditorum ad pugnam