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Numbers 31:14

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Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the commanders of the companies and battalions, who were returning from battle.

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David called together the troops that were with him. He appointed commanders in charge of regiments and battalions.

The prophet told him, “This is what the Lord says: You let the man go. He was claimed by God and should have been killed. For that reason your life will be taken in place of his life and your people in place of his people.”

Then the man of God became angry with him. “You should have stomped five or six times!” he said. “Then you would have completely defeated the Arameans. But now you will only defeat the Arameans three times.”

When he came near the camp, he saw the calf and the dancing. In a burst of anger Moses threw down the tablets and smashed them at the foot of the mountain.

“Don’t be angry, sir,” Aaron answered. “You know that these people are evil.

Moses tried to find out what had happened to the male goat that was supposed to be the offering for sin. To his surprise, it had already been burned. So he became angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s surviving sons.

(Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on earth.)

Moses, the priest Eleazar, and all the leaders of the community went outside the camp to meet them.

“Why did you let all the women live?” he asked them.

Then the officers from the military divisions, the commanders of the companies and battalions of men, came to Moses.

Be angry without sinning. Don’t go to bed angry.

He will appoint them to be his officers over 1,000 or over 50 soldiers, to plow his ground and harvest his crops, and to make weapons and equipment for his chariots.




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