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Yahweh then said to Moses, 'Take vengeance on the Midianites. Treat the Midianites as enemies and kill them. After that you will be gathered to your people.'
1 of 14 Numbers 31:1, 25:16, 31:2
So Moses sent 12,000 men armed for battle, with Phineas the priest carrying the trumpets for the battle cry.
2 of 14 Numbers 31:6
They attacked the Midianites as Yahweh had ordered.
3 of 14 Numbers 31:7
And the Israelites killed every one of their males.
4 of 14 Numbers 31:7
Among those killed were the five kings of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba.
5 of 14 Numbers 31:8
They also put Balaam son of Beor to the sword.
6 of 14 Numbers 31:8
The Israelites took the Midianite women and children as captives. They took their cattle, their flocks, and all their wealth.
7 of 14 Numbers 31:9
Then they burned down all the cities in which the Midianites had lived.
8 of 14 Numbers 31:10
They brought the captives, spoils, and plunder back to Moses at their camp.
9 of 14 Numbers 31:12
Moses was furious at army commanders who had returned from the battle. 'Why have you spared the lives of all the women?' Moses asked.
10 of 14 Numbers 31:14
'Kill all the male children! And kill all the women who have had sex with a man!' said Moses. 'But spare the lives of the young girls who have never had sex with a man. Keep them for yourselves.'
11 of 14 Numbers 31:17
The women who had never had sex with a man numbered 32,000.
12 of 14 Numbers 31:35
Half were assigned to those who had fought in the war.
13 of 14 Numbers 31:36
Yahweh's portion was thirty-two. Moses gave Eleazar the priest the portion set aside for Yahweh, as Yahweh had ordered Moses. Next story: Instructions for Genocide
14 of 14 Numbers 31:40–41
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