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Numbers 31

Num. 31:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And they warred
tsaba' (Hebrew #6633)
to mass (an army or servants)
KJV usage: assemble, fight, perform, muster, wait upon, war.
Pronounce: tsaw-baw'
Origin: a primitive root
against the Midianites
Midyan (Hebrew #4080)
Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants
KJV usage: Midian, Midianite.
Pronounce: mid-yawn'
Origin: the same as 4079
, as the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
commanded
tsavah (Hebrew #6680)
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
KJV usage: appoint, (for-)bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.
Pronounce: tsaw-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
Moses
Mosheh (Hebrew #4872)
drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
KJV usage: Moses.
Pronounce: mo-sheh'
Origin: from 4871
; andn they slew
harag (Hebrew #2026)
to smite with deadly intent
KJV usage: destroy, out of hand, kill, murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), X surely.
Pronounce: haw-rag'
Origin: a primitive root
all the males
zakar (Hebrew #2145)
properly, remembered, i.e. a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)
KJV usage: X him, male, man(child, -kind).
Pronounce: zaw-kawr'
Origin: from 2142
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Deut. 20:13• 13and when Jehovah thy God delivereth it into thy hand, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword: (Deut. 20:13)
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Judg. 21:11• 11And this is the thing which ye shall do: ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain with man. (Judg. 21:11)
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1 Kings 11:15• 15Now it came to pass when David was in Edom, when Joab the captain of the host had gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom (1 Kings 11:15)
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Midian; Midianites,
Moses

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Ministry on This Verse

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Deut. 20:13‑14• 13and when Jehovah thy God delivereth it into thy hand, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:
 14only the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that shall be in the city, all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take as booty for thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee (Deut. 20:13‑14)
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Judg. 21:11• 11And this is the thing which ye shall do: ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain with man. (Judg. 21:11)
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1 Sam. 27:9• 9And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish. (1 Sam. 27:9)
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1 Kings 11:15‑16• 15Now it came to pass when David was in Edom, when Joab the captain of the host had gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom
 16(for Joab abode there six months with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom), (1 Kings 11:15‑16)
the males.
Judg. 6:1‑2,33• 1And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of Jehovah; and Jehovah delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
 2And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites the children of Israel made for themselves the dens that are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.
 33And all Midian and Amalek and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and encamped in the valley of Jezreel. (Judg. 6:1‑2,33)
• {v.7-8,15-17} God gives a complete victory as soon as we treat them as foes: only, all that seduced must be utterly destroyed. There must be nothing spared, no concession. (“Numbers 31” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And they warred against Midian, as Jehovah had commanded Moses, and slew all the males.