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And they fought against Midian just as Yahweh commanded Moses, and they killed every male. They killed the kings of Midian in addition to the ones they had slain: Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, the five kings of Midian; they also killed Balaam son of Beor by the sword. The Israelites[a] took captive the women of Midian and their children, and they plundered all their domestic animals and all their livestock and all their wealth.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 31:9 Literally “sons/children of Israel”

They fought against Midian, as the Lord commanded Moses,(A) and killed every man.(B) Among their victims were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba(C)—the five kings of Midian.(D) They also killed Balaam son of Beor(E) with the sword.(F) The Israelites captured the Midianite women(G) and children and took all the Midianite herds, flocks and goods as plunder.(H)

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