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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Numbers 31:7

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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31:7 The Israelites killed all of the Midianite men in the particular groups they attacked from their camp in the plains of Moab (31:12), not all of the people who were part of the larger Midianite confederation (cp. Judg 6–8). The number of animals and virgins mentioned in Num 31:32-35 indicates that the 12,000 Hebrews fought a sizable enemy force.
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