So Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm some of yourselves for war, and let them go against the Midianites to take vengeance for the Lord on (A)Midian.

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25 And (A)I will bring a sword against you that will execute the vengeance of the covenant;

when you are gathered together within your cities (B)I will send pestilence among you;

and you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

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10 For this is (A)the day of the Lord God of hosts,
A day of vengeance,
That He may avenge Himself on His adversaries.
(B)The sword shall devour;
It shall be [a]satiated and made drunk with their blood;
For the Lord God of hosts (C)has a sacrifice
In the north country by the River Euphrates.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 46:10 Filled to the full

30 And the Lord (A)said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in doing what is right in My sight, and have done to the house of Ahab all that was in My heart, (B)your sons shall sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation.

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You shall strike down the house of Ahab your master, that I may (A)avenge the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord, (B)at the hand of Jezebel.

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23 ‘Curse Meroz,’ said the [a]angel of the Lord,
‘Curse its inhabitants bitterly,
Because they did not come to the help of the Lord,
To the help of the Lord against the mighty.’

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 5:23 Or Angel

“When[a] leaders (A)lead in Israel,
(B)When the people [b]willingly offer themselves,
Bless the Lord!

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  1. Judges 5:2 Or When locks are loosed
  2. Judges 5:2 volunteer

13 and it shall be to him and (A)his descendants after him a covenant of (B)an everlasting priesthood, because he was (C)zealous for his God, and (D)made [a]atonement for the children of Israel.’ ”

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  1. Numbers 25:13 Lit. covering

11 (A)“Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned back My wrath from the children of Israel, because he was zealous with My zeal among them, so that I did not consume the children of Israel in (B)My zeal.

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16 for he said, “Because [a]the Lord has (A)sworn: the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.”

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  1. Exodus 17:16 Lit. a hand is upon the throne of the Lord

And Moses said to Joshua, “Choose us some men and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with (A)the rod of God in my hand.” 10 So Joshua did as Moses said to him, and fought with Amalek. And Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 11 And so it was, when Moses (B)held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. 12 But Moses’ hands became [a]heavy; so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. And Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. 13 So Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

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  1. Exodus 17:12 Weary of being held up

28 The voice of those who flee and escape from the land of Babylon
(A)Declares in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God,
The vengeance of His temple.

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