“Now as for you, you are to go to your fathers in peace, you are to be buried at a good old age.
Numbers 31:2 - The Scriptures 1998 “Take vengeance for the children of Yisra’ĕ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Avenge the Israelites on the Midianites; afterward you shall be gathered to your [departed] people. American Standard Version (1901) Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people. Common English Bible Take just reparations for the Israelites from the Midianites. Afterward you will join your ancestors. Catholic Public Domain Version "First, avenge the sons of Israel from the Midianites, and then you shall be gathered to your people." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Revenge first the children of Israel on the Madianites: and so thou shalt be gathered to thy people. |
“Now as for you, you are to go to your fathers in peace, you are to be buried at a good old age.
“Aharon is to be gathered to his people, for he is not to enter the land which I have given to the children of Yisra’ĕ
“And when you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people as Aharon your brother was gathered,
And Mosheh spoke to the people, saying, “Arm some of yourselves for the campaign, and let them go against the Miḏ
“Because these are days of vengeance, to fill all that have been written.
Beloved, do not revenge yourselves, but give place to the wrath, for it has been written, “Vengeance is Mine, I shall repay,” says יהוה.
for it is a servant of Elohim to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid, for it does not bear the sword in vain. For it is a servant of Elohim, a revenger to execute wrath on him who practises evil.
‘Vengeance is Mine, and repayment, At the time their foot slips; For near is the day of their calamity, And the matters prepared are hastening to them.’
not to overstep and take advantage of his brother in this matter, because the Master is the revenger of all such, as we indeed said to you before and earnestly warned.
For we know Him who has said, “Vengeance is Mine, I shall repay, says יהוה.” And again, “יהוה shall judge His people.”
“Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you set-apart emissaries and prophets, for Elohim has completely avenged you on her!”
“Because true and righteous are His judgments, because He has judged the great whore who corrupted the earth with her whoring. And He has avenged on her the blood of His servants shed by her.”
and they cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Master, set-apart and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”
And the people saw him, and praised their mighty one, for they said, “Our mighty one has given into our hands our enemy, the destroyer of our land, who slew many of us.”
And all that generation were likewise gathered to their fathers, and another generation arose after them who did not know יהוה nor the work which He had done for Yisra’ĕ