Numbers 31:2

In 11 translations

BSB

“Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.”

KJV

Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.

WEB

“Avenge the children of Israel on the Midianites. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people.”

ASV

Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.

LSV

“Execute the vengeance of the sons of Israel against the Midianites—afterward you are gathered to your people.”

YLT

'Execute the vengeance of the sons of Israel against the Midianites — afterwards thou art gathered unto thy people.'

DBY

Avenge the children of Israel upon the Midianites; afterwards shalt thou be gathered unto thy peoples.

DRC

Revenge first the children of Israel on the Madianites, and so thou shalt be gathered to thy people.

GNV

Reuenge the children of Israel of the Midianites, and afterwarde shalt thou be gathered vnto thy people.

JPS

'Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites; afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.'

LXXE

Avenge the wrongs of the children of Israel on the Madianites, and afterwards thou shalt be added to thy people.Gr. vengeance.Gr. last.

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Original-language editions

WLC

נְקֹ֗ם נִקְמַת֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מֵאֵ֖ת הַמִּדְיָנִ֑ים אַחַ֖ר תֵּאָסֵ֥ף אֶל־עַמֶּֽיךָ׃

LXX-Br

ἐκδίκει τὴν ἐκδίκησιν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ ἐκ τῶν Μαδιανιτῶν, καὶ ἔσχατον προστεθήσῃ πρὸς τὸν λαόν σου.

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• Numbers 27:13After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was;
• Numbers 25:14–18The name of the Israelite who was slain with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family. And the name of the slain Midianite woman was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a…
• Revelation 6:10And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”
• Judges 2:10After that whole generation had also been gathered to their fathers, another generation rose up who did not know the LORD or the works that He had done for Israel.
• Genesis 25:1–4Now Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah, and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurites, the…
• Isaiah 1:24Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: “Ah, I will be relieved of My foes and avenge Myself on My enemies.
• Revelation 18:20Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.
• Nahum 1:2The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies.
• Judges 16:28–30Then Samson called out to the LORD: “O Lord GOD, please remember me. Strengthen me, O God, just once more, so that with one vengeful blow I may pay back the Philistines for my two eyes.” And Samson reached out for the…
• Numbers 20:24“Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will not enter the land that I have given the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah.
• Numbers 25:6Just then an Israelite man brought to his family a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and the whole congregation of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
• Luke 21:22For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.
• Acts 13:36For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.
• Genesis 25:8And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.
• Genesis 15:15You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
• Numbers 20:26Remove Aaron’s priestly garments and put them on his son Eleazar. Aaron will be gathered to his people and will die there.”

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