Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 31:7
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7. they slew all the males —This was in accordance with a divine order in all such cases ( :- ). But the destruction appears to have been only partial—limited to those who were in the neighborhood of the Hebrew camp and who had been accomplices in the villainous plot of Baal-peor ( Numbers 25:1-3 ), while a large portion of the Midianites were absent on their pastoral wanderings or had saved themselves by flight. (Compare Numbers 25:1-4.25.3- : ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-8" class="com-number"
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source-manifest/jfb— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological