30:16 These are the statutes that the Lord commanded Moses, relating to 1 a man and his wife, and a father and his young daughter who is still living in her father’s house.
31:1 2 The Lord spoke to Moses:
1 tn Heb “between.”
2 sn This lengthy chapter records the mobilization of the troops (vv. 1-5), the war itself (vv. 6-13), the death of the captive women (vv. 14-18), the purification of the nations (vv. 19-24), and the distribution of the spoils (vv. 25-54). For more detail, see G. W. Coats, “Moses in Midian,” JBL 92 (1973): 3-10; and W. J. Dumbrell, “Midian – a Land or a League?” VT 25 (1975): 323-37.