Numbers 31:3 · King James Version
Numbers 31:3 in the Original Hebrew
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Numbers 31:3 in Other Translations
| KJV | And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian. |
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| WEB | Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute Yahweh’s vengeance on Midian. |
| ASV | And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm ye men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute Jehovah’s vengeance on Midian. |
| YLT | And Moses speaketh unto the people, saying, ‘Be ye armed some of you for the host, and they are against Midian, to put the vengeance of Jehovah on Midian; |
| WBT | And Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves for the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD on Midian. |
| DBY | And Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm from amongst you men for military service, that they go against Midian to execute Jehovah's vengeance upon Midian. |
Commentary on Numbers 31:3
Expositions from classic Bible commentators.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · Numbers 31:3–4
Arm some of yourselves--This order was issued but a short time before the death of Moses. The announcement to him of that approaching event [Num 31:2] seems to have accelerated, rather than retarded, his warlike preparations.
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Questions about Numbers 31:3
What does Numbers 31:3 say?
Numbers 31:3 in the King James Version reads: “And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian.” Read it in the full context of Numbers 31, alongside the classic commentary on this page.
Where is Numbers 31:3 found in the Bible?
Numbers 31:3 is in the book of Numbers, chapter 31, verse 3, in the Old Testament.
What Bible translation is Numbers 31:3 shown in?
This is the King James Version (KJV), a public-domain translation. You can compare how other translations render Numbers 31:3 in the table on this page.
And Moses spake unto the people, saying,.... In obedience to the divine command; this must be supposed to be spoken to the heads or princes of the tribes:
arm some of yourselves unto the war: not the whole body of the militia, 600,000 men and upwards, only some of them, and these choice and select men; and, according to the Jewish writers, good men, who, detesting the sins of lewdness and idolatry, would more strictly and severely avenge themselves on the Midianites for drawing their brethren into those sins, whereby they fell; and so Jarchi calls them righteous men:
and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the Lord of Midian: what the Lord calls the vengeance of the Israelites, Moses calls the vengeance of the Lord, because they were the Lord's people, and his cause and theirs the same: and because the sins they were drawn into by the Midianites were not only against themselves, and to their prejudice, but against the Lord and to the dishonour of his name.