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Numbers 31:1-2 KJV

"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people."
Numbers Chapter 31, Verse 1-2

Numbers 31:1-2 in Context (Verses 1–5 KJV)

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
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And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian.
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Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.*
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So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.