jewels of gold Golden ornaments were taken from the Midianites when Gideon won his victory (Judges 8:24-26). They were worn by roving nomads and traders, such as the Midianites were (cf. Genesis 37:28), more than by the members of settled communities. This seems to be the meaning of the parenthesis in Judges 8:24, where -Ishmaelites" is apparently a general term for nomads.
Verse Numbers 31:50. _WE HAVE - BROUGHT AN OBLATION FOR THE LORD_] So it appears there was a great deal of booty taken which did not come into the general account; and of this the soldiers, of their...
The “chains” were “armlets” 2 Samuel 1:10. The “rings” were “finger-rings,” or “seal-rings;” and the “tablets” were worn suspended from the neck Exodus 35:22. TO MAKE AN ATONEMENT FOR OUR SOULS BEFORE...
7. THE WAR AGAINST THE MIDIANITES CHAPTER 31 _ 1. The command to fight Midian (Numbers 31:1)_ 2. The war (Numbers 31:7) 3. The cleansing (Numbers 31:13) 4. The spoil taken ...
THE DIVISION OF THE BOOTY. The principle of equal division between those who went forth to fight, and those who remained in the camp was observed by David (1 Samuel 30:22), who seems to have been the...
OBLATION. This was voluntary. The levy in Numbers 31:25, &c, was commanded. See Leviticus 2:4. JEWELS. instruments or vessels. ATONEMENT. See note on Exodus 29:33. SOULS. Hebrew, plural of...
DISCOURSE: 181 DESTRUCTION OF THE MIDIANITES Numbers 31:48. And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses: and they s...
THE OFFICERS WHICH WERE OVER THOUSANDS, &C.— After their return from war, the officers of the army made a muster of the soldiery to see what number they had lost. Three kinds of officers are distingui...
D. DIVISION OF THE BOOTY vv. 25-54 TEXT Numbers 31:25. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 26. Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and t...
_AND THE OFFICERS WHICH WERE OVER THOUSANDS OF THE HOST, THE CAPTAINS OF THOUSANDS, AND CAPTAINS OF HUNDREDS, CAME NEAR UNTO MOSES:_ Officers ... said ... there lacketh not one man of us. A victory s...
31:50 offering (c-5) _ Corban_ , Leviticus 1:2 ....
WAR AGAINST MIDIAN This chapter contains an account of the fulfilment of the decree of extermination passed upon the Midianites as being the occasion of Israel's apostasy in the plains of Moab: see o...
TABLETS] RV 'armlets or necklaces': cp. Exodus 35:22. MAKE AN ATONEMENT] cp. Exodus 30:11....
THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS IN THE DESERT NUMBERS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 31 *ISRAEL’S WAR AGAINST THE COUNTRY CALLED MIDIAN – NUMBERS 31:1-12 V1 The *LORD said to Moses, V2...
וַ נַּקְרֵ֞ב אֶת ־קָרְבַּ֣ן יְהוָ֗ה אִישׁ֩ אֲ
WAR AND SETTLEMENT 1. THE WAR WITH MIDIAN Numbers 31:1 THE command to vex and smite the Midianites Numbers 25:16 has already been considered. Israel had not the spiritual power which would have just...
THE DISPOSITION OF THE SPOILS OF WAR Numbers 31:21 This law, which subjected the victors to a whole week of separation and to special purification, instead of an immediate welcome into the camp, was...
Here we have the story of the end of Balaam. It took place in connection with a war directly resulting from the sin of the people committed through the influence of Balaam. They had corrupted the nati...
(q) We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before th...
Garters. Septuagint, "bracelets," put on the arm, 2 Kings i. 10. Sometimes the Eastern nations wore large precious rings on their legs. --- Tablets. Hebrew tsamid, an ornament of the hand, Genesis xxi...
I class all these verses together, because they are connected in the history, and because the improvements they suggest are all united. We have in them the pious reflections of the officers in Israel'...
The successes given to the children of Israel alarmed some of their neighbours, more particularly Moab; and this gives occasion for a striking episode in the history which brought to issue as solemn a...
War is found in the wilderness (though it is not characteristic of it) whenever we fall into the snares the enemy there lays for us. There are always conflicts in the heavenly places in order to the e...
WE HAVE THEREFORE BROUGHT AN OBLATION TO THE LORD,.... A freewill offering, out of the spoil, over and above the tribute levied out of the half that came unto them; WHAT EVERY MAN HATH GOTTEN: or "fo...
_We have brought an oblation_ Finding, to their great joy and surprise, that not a single man was missing of the whole twelve thousand, they unanimously resolved, out of the free plunder, to make a vo...
1 The Midianites are spoyled, and Balaam slaine. 13 Moses is wroth with the officers, for sauing the women aliue. 19 How the souldiers with their captiues and spoile, are to be purified. 25 The pro...
We have therefore brought an oblation for the Lord, what every man hath gotten, of the individual plunder which they had made, OF JEWELS OF GOLD, CHAINS, armbands, AND BRACELETS, seal-rings, RINGS, su...
THE GIFTS CONSECRATED TO THE LORD...
VENGEANCE ON MIDIAN (vs.1-11) The Midianites had been guilty of seducing Israel, and God required that account to be settled. This was the last charge laid upon Moses before his death (v.2). His own...
GOTTEN: _ Heb._ found...
48-54 The success of the Israelites had been very remarkable, so small a company overcoming such multitudes, but it was still more wonderful that not one was slain or missing. They presented the gold...
For their error, noted, NUMBERS 31:14, and withal FOR A MEMORIAL, as it is said NUMBERS 31:54, or by way of gratitude for such a stupendous assistance and deliverance, as appears from the word therefo...
We have here the closing scene of Moses' _ official_ life; as in Deuteronomy 34:1-12 we have the closing scene of his _ personal_ history. "and the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Avenge the children o...
Numbers 31:50 brought H7126 (H8686) offering H7133 LORD H3068 man H376 found H4672 (H8804) ornaments H3627 gold...
THE SUM OF THE SURVIVING MEN OF WAR AND THEIR FREEWILL GIFT TO THE SANCTUARY OF THEIR PERSONAL SPOIL (NUMBERS 31:48). a The assessing of the men of war, not one is missing (num 8-49). b They offer th...
ATONEMENT (_ See Scofield) - (Exodus 29:33). _...
CONTENTS: The judgment of Midian. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Balaam. CONCLUSION: Our worst enemies are those that draw us to sin. Over all such enemies there is absolute victory for those who take side...
Numbers 31:2. _Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites._ If it were just to cut off twenty four thousand of the Israelites for the awful feast, apostasy, and fornication at Baal-peor, it was e...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 31:1__ The Midianites were nomadic people who lived in the deserts on the outside edges of Canaan. They were associated with the Ishmaelites, Amalekites, and Moabites. It is th...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 31:48 Conducting a census involves an offering of half a silver__ shekel per person (Exodus 30:11). On this occasion they dedicate all the gold
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Moses had already received command to smite the Midianites (Numbers 25:16); and in this chapter we have the order given to him to execute that command, and the narrativ...
Then as we get into Numbers chapter thirty-one, the Lord orders the destruction of the Midianites. Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward thou shall be gathered to your people (Nu...
Exodus 30:12; Exodus 30:15; Exodus 30:16; Leviticus 17:11; Psalms
An atonement — For their error noted, Numbers 31:14, and withal for a memorial, or by way of gratitude for such a stupendous assistance and deliverance. We should never take any thing to ourselves in...