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Wycliffe Bible

Numbers 31:1

And the Lord spak to Moyses, and seide,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Midianites;   Theocracy, the, or Immediate Government by God;   War;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Midianites;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Midian;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Gideon;   Moab;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hur;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Midian, Midianites ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Mount gilead;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Shittim;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hur;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Bemidbar Rabbah;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD spoke to Moshe, saying,
King James Version
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Lexham English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
English Standard Version
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
New Century Version
The Lord spoke to Moses and said,
New English Translation
The Lord spoke to Moses:
Amplified Bible
The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Contemporary English Version
The Lord said to Moses,
Complete Jewish Bible
(LY: ii) Adonai said to Moshe,
Darby Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord spoke to Moses and said,
George Lamsa Translation
AND the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Good News Translation
The Lord said to Moses,
Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord spoke to Moses,
Literal Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the LORDE spake vnto Moses, & sayde:
American Standard Version
And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Bible in Basic English
Then the Lord said to Moses,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
King James Version (1611)
And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
English Revised Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
And the LORD said to Moses,
Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
Update Bible Version
And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
World English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
New King James Version
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
New Living Translation
Then the Lord said to Moses,
New Life Bible
The Lord said to Moses,
New Revised Standard
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Revised Standard Version
The LORD said to Moses,
THE MESSAGE
God spoke to Moses: "Avenge the People of Israel on the Midianites. Afterward you will go to be with your dead ancestors."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Contextual Overview

1 And the Lord spak to Moyses, and seide, 2 Venge thou firste the sones of Israel of Madianytis, and so thou schalt be gaderid to thi puple. 3 And anoon Moises seide, Arme ye men of you to batel, that moun take of Madianytis the veniaunce of the Lord. 4 Of ech lynage be chosun a thousynde men of Israel, that schulen be sent to batel. 5 And of ech lynage thei yauen a thousynde, that is twelue thousynde of men, redi to batel; 6 whiche Moises sente with Fynees, the sone of Eleazar, preest. And he bitook to hem hooli vesselis, and trumpis to make sown.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Numbers 10:31 - forasmuch 1 Kings 8:44 - whithersoever

Cross-References

Genesis 31:3
moost for the Lord seide to hym, Turne ayen into the lond of thi fadris, and to thi generacioun, and Y shal be with thee.
Genesis 31:4
He sente, and clepide Rachel, and Lya, in to the feeld, where he kepte flockis, and he seide to hem,
Genesis 31:5
Y se the face of youre fadir, that it is not ayens me as `yisterdai and the thridde dai agoon; but God of my fadir was with me.
Genesis 31:8
If he seide ony tyme, Dyuerse colourid sheep schulen be thi medis, alle sheep brouyten forth dyuerse colourid lambren; forsothe whanne he seide ayenward, Thou shalte take alle white for mede, alle the flockis brouyten forth white beestis;
Genesis 31:9
and God took a wey the substaunce of youre fadir, and yaf to me.
Genesis 31:16
But God took awei the richessis of oure fadir, and yaf tho to vs, and to oure sones; wherfor do thou alle thingis whiche God hath comaundide to thee.
Genesis 31:17
Forsothe Jacob roos, and puttide hise fre children and wyues on camels, and yede forth;
Genesis 31:24
And Laban seiy in sleep the Lord seiynge to him, Be war that thou speke not ony thing sharpli ayens Jacob.
Genesis 31:25
And thanne Jacob hadde stretchid forth the tabernacle in the hil; and whanne he hadde sued Jacob with his britheren, `he settide tente in the same hil of Galaad; and he seide to Jacob,
Genesis 45:13
telle ye to my fadir al my glorie, and alle thingis whiche ye sien in Egipt; haste ye, and brynge ye hym to me.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XXXI

The command of the Lord to make war on the Midianites, 1, 2.

One thousand men are chosen out of each of the twelve tribes,

and sent with Phinehas against the Midianites, 3-6.

They slay all the males, 7;

their five kings and Balaam, 8.

They take all the women captives, with the flocks and goods, 9;

burn their cities, and bring away the spoil, 10,11.

They bring the captives, c., to Moses, who is wroth with the

officers for sparing the women, who had formerly been the cause

of their transgression and punishment, 12-16.

He commands all the male children and all the grown up females

to be slain, 17, 18.

How the soldiers were to purify themselves, 19, 20

and the different articles taken in war, 21-24.

They are commanded to take the sum of the prey, to divide it

into two parts; one for the 12,000 warriors, and the other for

the rest of the congregation, 25-27.

One of 500, both of persons and cattle, of the share of the

warriors, to be given to the Lord, 28, 29;

and one part of fifty, of the people's share, to be given to the

Levites, 30.

The sum of the prey remaining after the above division; sheep

675,000, beeves 72,000, asses 61,000, young women 32,000,

ver. 31-35.

How the soldiers' part was divided, 36-40.

How the part belonging to the congregation was divided, 41-47.

The officers report that they had not lost a man in this war,

48, 49.

They bring a voluntary oblation to God, of gold and ornaments,

50, 51;

the amount of which was 16,750 shekels, 52, 53.

Moses and Eleazar bring the gold into the tabernacle for a

memorial, 54.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXXI


 
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