Numbers 31:13-24

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Numbers 31:21-54

the Disposition of the Spoils of War Numbers 31:21-54 This law, which subjected the victors to a whole week of separation and to special purification, instead of an immediate welcome into the camp, was intended to wean the Hebrews from the practice of war, giving them a higher standard than that of surrounding nations. Thus God educates us, by placing before us an ever higher standard, as we are able to obey it. It is easy to say hard things against this treatment of Midian, but... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Numbers 31:1-54

Here we have the story of the end of Balaam. It took place in connection with a war directly resulting from the sin of the people committed through the influence of Balaam. They had corrupted the national life by cohabitation with the women of Midian. This, as specifically stated, resulted from "the counsel of Balaam." In this war Phinehas led as priest. This is arresting as revealing the peculiar and religious note of the conflict. It was the relationship of the people to God that was... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 31:1-24

(i) The Sentence Passed and Carried Out on the Local Midianites (Numbers 31:1-24 ). Analysis. a The command to avenge Yahweh on Midian (Numbers 31:1-6). b The judgment of Yahweh in the defeat of Midian (Numbers 31:7-8). c The sparing of the women who had caused them to sin at Baal-peor (Numbers 31:9-12). c The judgment on the sparing of the women who had made them sin (Numbers 31:13-18). b Purification before returning to the camp to avoid judgment (Numbers 31:19-20). a Retention... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 31:1-18

Numbers 31:1-Job : . The Extermination of the Midianites.— This story of a war of extermination, waged to avenge the wiles practised on Israel by Midian (as described in Numbers 25:6-Ezra :) is marked by various fanciful elements, such as ( a) the huge number massacred (for if the girls and unmarried women amounted to 32,000, the married women and the males of all ages must have been three times as many); ( b) the vast quantity of spoil taken; ( c) the complete immunity of the Israelite... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 31:19-24

Numbers 31:19-Jeremiah : . The Purification of the Israelite Army after the Slaughter.— The purification of warriors after a battle, practised in antiquity as by savage peoples to-day, was due, not to any desire for physical cleanliness, but to the dread of the mystery involved in spilt blood and in dead bodies: those who had been in contact with such were sources of danger to the community until ritually purified. The rules observed are those prescribed in Numbers 19:11 f.; but in addition... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Numbers 31:13

Partly to put respect upon them, and congratulate with them for their happy success; and partly to prevent the pollution of the camp by the untimely entrance of the warriors into it. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Numbers 31:14

Because they had spared those who were most criminal, and who by the law of God and of nature were worthy of death. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Numbers 31:17

Among the little ones, which they were forbidden to do to other people, Deuteronomy 20:14, except the Canaanites, to whom this people had equalled themselves by their horrid crimes; and therefore it is not strange, nor unjust, that God, the supreme Lord of all men’s lives, who as he gives them, so may take them away when he pleaseth, did equal them in the punishment. Every woman that hath known man; partly for punishment, because the guilt was general, and though some of them only did... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Numbers 31:18

Not known a man, to wit, carnally: See Poole "Genesis 4:1; Genesis 19:8; Leviticus 18:22. Keep alive for yourselves; either to sell them as slaves to others, or to use them as servants to yourselves, or to marry them, when you have prepared and instructed them. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Numbers 31:19

Seven days; according to the law, Leviticus 15:13; Numbers 19:11,Numbers 19:12. Purify with the water of sprinkling, Numbers 19:9. read more

Grupo de Marcas