Numbers 31:2

New Living Translation

“On behalf of the people of Israel, take revenge on the Midianites for leading them into idolatry. After that, you will die and join your ancestors.”

Cross References

Genesis 15:15

(As for you, you will die in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.)

Genesis 25:17

Ishmael lived for 137 years. Then he breathed his last and joined his ancestors in death.

Genesis 25:8

and he died at a ripe old age, having lived a long and satisfying life. He breathed his last and joined his ancestors in death.

Exodus 2:16

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters who came as usual to draw water and fill the water troughs for their father’s flocks.

Isaiah 1:24

Therefore, the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the Mighty One of Israel, says, “I will take revenge on my enemies and pay back my foes!

Nahum 1:2

The Lord is a jealous God, filled with vengeance and rage. He takes revenge on all who oppose him and continues to rage against his enemies!

Numbers 20:24

“The time has come for Aaron to join his ancestors in death. He will not enter the land I am giving the people of Israel, because the two of you rebelled against my instructions concerning the water at Meribah.

Numbers 20:26

There you will remove Aaron’s priestly garments and put them on Eleazar, his son. Aaron will die there and join his ancestors.”

Numbers 25:1

While the Israelites were camped at Acacia Grove, some of the men defiled themselves by having sexual relations with local Moabite women.

Numbers 25:6

Just then one of the Israelite men brought a Midianite woman into his tent, right before the eyes of Moses and all the people, as everyone was weeping at the entrance of the Tabernacle.

Numbers 27:13

After you have seen it, you will die like your brother, Aaron,

Numbers 31:1

Then the Lord said to Moses,

Numbers 31:3

So Moses said to the people, “Choose some men, and arm them to fight the Lord’s war of revenge against Midian.

Luke 21:22

For those will be days of God’s vengeance, and the prophetic words of the Scriptures will be fulfilled.

Acts 13:36

This is not a reference to David, for after David had done the will of God in his own generation, he died and was buried with his ancestors, and his body decayed.

Romans 12:19

Dear friends, never take revenge. Leave that to the righteous anger of God. For the Scriptures say, “I will take revenge; I will pay them back,” says the Lord.

Romans 13:4

The authorities are God’s servants, sent for your good. But if you are doing wrong, of course you should be afraid, for they have the power to punish you. They are God’s servants, sent for the very purpose of punishing those who do what is wrong.

Deuteronomy 32:35

I will take revenge; I will pay them back. In due time their feet will slip. Their day of disaster will arrive, and their destiny will overtake them.’

Deuteronomy 4:22

You will cross the Jordan to occupy the land, but I will not. Instead, I will die here on the east side of the river.

1 Thessalonians 4:6

Never harm or cheat a fellow believer in this matter by violating his wife, for the Lord avenges all such sins, as we have solemnly warned you before.

Hebrews 10:30

For we know the one who said, “I will take revenge. I will pay them back.” He also said, “The Lord will judge his own people.”

Revelation 18:20

Rejoice over her fate, O heaven and people of God and apostles and prophets! For at last God has judged her for your sakes.

Revelation 19:2

His judgments are true and just. He has punished the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the murder of his servants.”

Revelation 6:10

They shouted to the Lord and said, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you judge the people who belong to this world and avenge our blood for what they have done to us?”

Judges 16:24

When the people saw him, they praised their god, saying, “Our god has delivered our enemy to us! The one who killed so many of us is now in our power!”

Judges 2:10

After that generation died, another generation grew up who did not acknowledge the Lord or remember the mighty things he had done for Israel.