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Numbers 31:3 Cross-References
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“And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian.”
Numbers 31:3 (KJV)
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Commentary on Numbers 31:3
Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites—The Hebrew hechalletsu (הֵחָלְצוּ, arm/equip) comes from chalats, meaning to strengthen, equip, or draw out for battle. This is holy war (milchemet mitzvah, מִלְחֶמֶת מִצְוָה), not conquest for territory but avenge the LORD of Midian (niqmat-YHWH, נִקְמַת־יְהוָה).The offense being avenged is Midian's seduction of Israel into Baal-Peor worship (Numbers 25), which brought plague killing 24,000. This was spiritual warfare—judgment on those who sought Israel's destruction through idolatry. God's vengeance (not human reveng...
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Cross-References for Numbers 31:3
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“that will execute the vengeance of the covenant; and you will be gathered together within your cities: and I will send the pestilence among you; and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.”
“Yahweh of Armies”
“that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets”
“and to his seed after him”
“the son of Eleazar”
“Choose men for us, and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with God's rod in my hand.”
“said the angel of Yahweh. Curse bitterly its inhabitants”
“because the people offered themselves willingly”
“Yah has sworn: 'Yahweh will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.'”
“Because you have done well in executing that which is right in my eyes”