Discovery BoxNumbers 14:31 
Context14:31 But I will bring in your little ones, whom you said would become victims of war, 1 and they will enjoy 2 the land that you have despised.
Numbers 31:3
Context31:3 So Moses spoke to the people: “Arm 3 men from among you for the war, to attack the Midianites and to execute 4 the Lord’s vengeance on Midian.
Numbers 31:14
Context31:14 But Moses was furious with the officers of the army, the commanders over thousands and commanders over hundreds, who had come from service in the war.
Numbers 31:21
Context31:21 Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had gone into the battle, “This is the ordinance of the law that the Lord commanded Moses:
Numbers 31:27
Context31:27 Divide the plunder into two parts, one for those who took part in the war – who went out to battle – and the other for all the community.
Numbers 32:27
Context32:27 but your servants will cross over, every man armed for war, to do battle in the Lord’s presence, just as my lord says.”
1 tn Or “plunder.”
2 tn Heb “know.”
3 tn The Niphal imperative, literally “arm yourselves,” is the call to mobilize the nation for war. It is followed by the jussive, “and they will be,” which would then be subordinated to say “that they may be.” The versions changed the verb to a Hiphil, but that is unnecessary: “arm some of yourselves.”
4 tn Heb “give.”
