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Selected Verse: Numbers 31:14 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Nu 31:14	Strong Concordance	And Moses [04872] was wroth [07107] with the officers [06485] of the host [02428], with the captains [08269] over thousands [0505], and captains [08269] over hundreds [03967], which came [0935] from [06635] the battle [04421].
	King James	And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host--The displeasure of the great leader, though it appears the ebullition of a fierce and sanguinary temper, arose in reality from a pious and enlightened regard to the best interests of Israel. No order had been given for the slaughter of the women, and in ancient war they were commonly reserved for slaves. By their antecedent conduct, however, the Midianitish women had forfeited all claims to mild or merciful treatment; and the sacred character, the avowed object of the war (Num 31:2-3), made their slaughter necessary without any special order. But why "kill every male among the little ones"? It was designed to be a war of extermination, such as God Himself had ordered against the people of Canaan, whom the Midianites equalled in the enormity of their wickedness.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host--The displeasure of the great leader, though it appears the ebullition of a fierce and sanguinary temper, arose in reality from a pious and enlightened regard to the best interests of Israel. No order had been given for the slaughter of the women, and in ancient war they were commonly reserved for slaves. By their antecedent conduct, however, the Midianitish women had forfeited all claims to mild or merciful treatment; and the sacred character, the avowed object of the war (Num 31:2-3), made their slaughter necessary without any special order. But why "kill every male among the little ones"? It was designed to be a war of extermination, such as God Himself had ordered against the people of Canaan, whom the Midianites equalled in the enormity of their wickedness.

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² Avenge [05358] [05360] the children [01121] of Israel [03478] of the Midianites [04084]: afterward [0310] shalt thou be gathered [0622] unto thy people [05971].
³ And Moses [04872] spake [01696] unto the people [05971], saying [0559], Arm [02502] some [0582] of yourselves unto the war [06635], and let them go against the Midianites [04080], and avenge [05414] [05360] the LORD [03068] of Midian [04080].