King James Version
Numbers 31:7 in the King James Version says “And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 31 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.”
Numbers 31:7 · KJV
So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.
And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.
And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.
KJV Study — Public Domain
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“against the Midianites”
H4080midjan, a son of abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“as the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“all the males”
H2145properly, remembered, i.e., a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)
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