Numbers 31:21
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Numbers 31:21 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Numbers 31:21 is a verse from the book of Numbers in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LOR..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Numbers 31:21 — KJV
“And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;”
— Numbers 31:21 (KJV)
Numbers 31:21 in Context — About the Book of Numbers
Numbers follows Israel through forty years of wilderness — a journey that should have taken eleven days. It is an honest record of grumbling, unbelief, and consequence, but also of God's patient provision: manna, water, guidance by cloud and fire, and the famous priestly blessing.
Cross-References for Numbers 31:21
“And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 31:21: eleazar, priest, men
“And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rereward came after the ark of the LORD, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 31:21: priest, men, war
“Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;”
Shares key themes with Numbers 31:21: men, ordinance, law
“All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 31:21: men, war, went
“Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 31:21: war, went, lord
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