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<p class="tab-1">This chapter belongs to “the book of the wars of the Lord,” in which it is probable it was inserted. It is the history of a holy war, a war with Midian. Here is, I. A divine command for the war, <a class="bibleref" title="Num.31.1,Num.31.2" href="/passage/?search=Num.31.1,Num.31.2"><span class="bibleref" title="Num.31.1">Num. 31:1</span>; <span class="bibleref" title="Num.31.2">2</span></a>. II. The undertaking of the war, <a class="bibleref" title="Num.31.3-Num.31.6" href="/passage/?search=Num.31.3-Num.31.6">Num. 31:3-6</a>. III. The glorious success of it, <a class="bibleref" title="Num.31.7-Num.31.12" href="/passage/?search=Num.31.7-Num.31.12">Num. 31:7-12</a>. IV. Their triumphant return from the war. 1. The respect Moses paid to the soldiers, <a class="bibleref" title="Num.31.13" href="/passage/?search=Num.31.13">Num. 31:13</a>. 2. The rebuke he gave them for sparing the women, <a class="bibleref" title="Num.31.14-Num.31.18" href="/passage/?search=Num.31.14-Num.31.18">Num. 31:14-18</a>. 3. The directions he gave them for the purifying of themselves and their effects, <a class="bibleref" title="Num.31.19-Num.31.24" href="/passage/?search=Num.31.19-Num.31.24">Num. 31:19-24</a>. 4. The distribution of the spoil they had taken, one half to the soldiers, the other to the congregation, and a tribute to the Lord out of each, <a class="bibleref" title="Num.31.25-Num.31.47" href="/passage/?search=Num.31.25-Num.31.47">Num. 31:25-47</a>. 5. The free-will offering of the officers, <a class="bibleref" title="Num.31.48-Num.31.54" href="/passage/?search=Num.31.48-Num.31.54">Num. 31:48-54</a></p>