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Numbers 31:8-10
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Numbers 31:8-10
New English Translation
8 They killed the kings of Midian in addition to those slain—Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—five Midianite kings.[a] They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.[b]
9 The Israelites took the women of Midian captive along with their little ones, and took all their herds, all their flocks, and all their goods as plunder. 10 They burned[c] all their towns[d] where they lived and all their encampments.
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- Numbers 31:8 sn Here again we see that there was no unified empire, but Midianite tribal groups.
- Numbers 31:8 sn And what was Balaam doing among the Midianites? The implication is strong. This pagan diviner had to submit to the revealed will of God in the oracles, but he nonetheless could be hired. He had been a part of the attempt to destroy Israel that failed; he then apparently became part of the plan, if not the adviser, to destroy them with sexual immorality and pagan ritual.
- Numbers 31:10 tn Heb “burned with fire.”
- Numbers 31:10 tn The ban applied to the encampments and forts of this group of Midianite tribes living in the region of Moab.
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