Albert Barnes Commentary Numbers 31:2

Albert Barnes Commentary

Numbers 31:2

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Numbers 31:2

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people." — Numbers 31:2 (ASV)

The Midianites - The Moabites are not included. It would thus seem that it was the Midianites, and they alone, who deliberately set themselves to effect the corruption of Israel.