Numbers 31:7
What does Numbers 31:7 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 31:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And they warred against Midian, as Jehovah commanded Moses; and they slew every male.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And they warred against the Midianites, as the Lord commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And they warred against Midian, as Jehovah commanded Moses; and they slew every male.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And they made war on Midian, as the Lord gave orders to Moses; and they put to death every male.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And they war against Midian, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses, and slay every male;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And when they had fought against the Madianites and had overcome them, they slew all the men.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And they warred against Midian, as Jehovah had commanded Moses, and slew all the males.
Context
v.6And Moses sent them, a thousand of every tribe, to the war, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand.
v.7This passage
v.8And they slew the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 11:15
For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, and had smitten every male in Edom
- Judges 6:1
And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah: and Jehovah delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
- 1 Samuel 27:9
And David smote the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel; and he returned, and came to Achish.
- Deuteronomy 20:13
and when Jehovah thy God delivereth it into thy hand, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:
- Judges 21:11
And this is the thing that ye shall do: ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
- Judges 6:33
Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east assembled themselves together; and they passed over, and encamped in the valley of Jezreel.
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