Moses and Eleazar the priest, with all the princes of the congregation, went out to meet them outside of the camp.
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Moses and Eleazar the priest, with all the princes of the congregation, went out to meet them outside of the camp.
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And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
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And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
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Passages linked to Numbers 31:13 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 14:17 The king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, at the valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).
- Numbers 5:2 “Command the children of Israel that they put out of the camp every leper, everyone who has a discharge, and whoever is unclean by a corpse.
- Numbers 19:11 “He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
- Numbers 31:12 They brought the captives with the prey and the plunder, to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at Jericho.
- Numbers 31:22-24 however the gold, and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead, everything that may withstand the fire, you shall make to go through the fire, and it shall be clean; nevertheless it shall be purified with the water for impurity. All that doesn’t withstand the fire you shall make to go through the water. You shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean. Afterward you shall come into the camp.”
- 1 Samuel 15:12 Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and Samuel was told, saying, “Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself, and turned, and passed on, and went down to Gilgal.”
- 1 Samuel 30:21 David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom also they had made to stay at the brook Besor; and they went out to meet David, and to meet the people who were with him. When David came near to the people, he greeted them.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Num 31:13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and…
Num 31:13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
Ver. 13. Went forth to meet them.] As Melchisedec went forth to meet Abraham returning with victory; {Gen 14:18} as Archbishop Hubert met our Richard I returning from the Holy Land, (as they called it,) both of them first falling to the earth, rose again and ran into each other’s arms, comforting themselves with mutual embraces, and weeping with joy. {a}
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{a} Speed, Hist., fol. 540.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Partly to put respect upon them, and congratulate with…
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.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Moses was wroth with the officers of the…
And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host,.... The general officers who had the command of the army, for there does not appear to be anyone that was one general over the whole, otherwise the displeasure would have fallen upon him:
with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle; rather "with" should be left out, not being in the text; and these captains only explain who the officers were, and these were one hundred and thirty two, as Aben Ezra observes; twelve who were captains over thousands, and were more properly the general officers; and one hundred and twenty over so many hundreds, into which the whole were subdivided.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Without the camp - Partly to put respect upon…
Without the camp - 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.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Num 31:13-14. Went forth to meet them — Partly…
Num 31:13-14. Went forth to meet them — Partly to put respect upon them, and congratulate them on their happy success; and partly to prevent the pollution of the camp by the untimely entrance of the warriors into it.
Moses was wroth with the officers — Because they had spared those who were most criminal, and who, by the law of God, were worthy of death, as idolaters, and as persons who had seduced God’s people to idolatry, Num 25:6; Num 25:17-18.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Camp. They had sent news of their victory, and…
Camp. They had sent news of their victory, and of the plunder which they were bringing to the camp, (Haydock) to be divided equally among their fellow soldiers, when they were met by Moses, &c., who came to congratulate with them, and to examine how they executed their commission, as well as to admonish them to be purified before they entered the camp, ver. 19. (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Moses, and Eleazar the priest, . . . went…
Moses, and Eleazar the priest, . . . went forth to meet them without the camp--partly as a token of respect and congratulation on their victory, partly to see how they had executed the Lord's commands, and partly to prevent the defilement of the camp by the entrance of warriors stained with blood.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain TREATMENT OF THE PRISONERS, Num_31:13-18.
TREATMENT OF THE PRISONERS, Num_31:13-18.
13. Went forth to meet them — As Melchizedek, king and priest, met Abram after the slaughter of the kings, (Gen_14:18,) to bless the victor and receive tithes. Moreover, the law required the cleansing of the soldiers after a battle before entering the holy camp of Israel. Num_5:2-3; Num_19:11-18, notes.
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Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain The Manner of Dealing with the Captives
The Manner of Dealing with the Captives
v. 13. And Moses and Eleazar, the priest, and all the princes of the congregation went forth to meet them without the camp, full of eagerness to see the evidence of God’s avenging justice.
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v. 14. And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands and captains over hundreds which came from the battle.
v. 15. And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? It was a decided expression of disapproval at this course of action.
v. 16. Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the Lord, they had given the Israelites occasion to become unfaithful to Jehovah, in the matter of Peor, in the immoral service of this idol, Numbers 25, and there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord.
v. 17. Now, therefore, kill every male among the little ones, to prevent the reestablishment of the nation, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him, in carnal intercourse, for there was the danger that any one of these women may have been engaged in the shameless practices connected with the service of Peor and that the children of Israel would thus be contaminated by these women.
v. 18. But all the women children that have not known a man by lying with him keep alive for yourselves, as slaves or handmaids, for marriage with such was not forbidden. The great God is terrible in His judgments, a fact which should teach us to fear His wrath and not act contrary to His commandments.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 the commanders of thousands and the captains of hundreds
the commanders of thousands and the captains of hundreds
Possible meanings are 1) these numbers represent the exact amount of soldiers that these commanders and captains led. AT: "the commanders of 1,000 soldiers and the captains of 100 soldiers" or 2) the words translated as "thousands" and "hundreds" do not represent exact numbers, but are the names of larger and smaller military divisions. AT: "the commanders of large military divisions and the captains of smaller military divisions" (See: Numbers)
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Have you let all the women live?
The law was explicit on who would be permitted to live. The army violated the law by allowing all the women and children to live. This was a rebuke to the army leaders. (See: Rhetorical Question)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 31:13 outside the camp: Probably to keep from contaminating…
31:13 outside the camp: Probably to keep from contaminating the Tabernacle and all of the people, the returning troops were subjected to purification rituals because of their contact with corpses (31:19-24).
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