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The five kings of Midian and Balaam killed, and the captives and plunder brought back

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Numbers 31:7–12: they fight against Midian as the LORD commanded Moses and kill every male. They kill the five kings of Midian, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba, and kill Balaam the son of Beor with the sword. They take the women of Midian and their little ones captive, take their livestock, flocks and goods as plunder and burn all their cities and encampments; then they bring the captives, the prey and the plunder to Moses, Eleazar the priest and the congregation, at the camp in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

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NUM 31:7–12, engwebp
⁷They fought against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses. They killed every male.
⁸They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam the son of Beor with the sword.
⁹The children of Israel took the women of Midian captive with their little ones; and all their livestock, all their flocks, and all their goods, they took as plunder.
¹⁰All their cities in the places in which they lived, and all their encampments, they burned with fire.
¹¹They took all the captives, and all the plunder, both of man and of animal.
¹²They brought the captives with the prey and the plunder, to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at Jericho.
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Unresolved interpretation: The five kings of Midian and the princes of Sihon: Joshua 13:21–22 and Numbers 31:7–8

Joshua 13:21–22 names all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, “whom Moses struck with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who lived in the land. The children of Israel also killed Balaam the son of Beor, the soothsayer, with the sword, among the rest of their slain.”
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- JOS 13:21–22, engwebp
  ²¹all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses struck with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who lived in the land.
  ²²The children of Israel also killed Balaam the son of Beor, the soothsayer, with the sword, among the rest of their slain.
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Numbers 31:7–8 says, “They fought against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses. They killed every male. They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam the son of Beor with the sword.”
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- NUM 31:7–12, engwebp
  ⁷They fought against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses. They killed every male.
  ⁸They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam the son of Beor with the sword.
  ⁹The children of Israel took the women of Midian captive with their little ones; and all their livestock, all their flocks, and all their goods, they took as plunder.
  ¹⁰All their cities in the places in which they lived, and all their encampments, they burned with fire.
  ¹¹They took all the captives, and all the plunder, both of man and of animal.
  ¹²They brought the captives with the prey and the plunder, to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at Jericho.
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Joshua 13:21–22 calls Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba the chiefs of Midian and the princes of Sihon, says that Moses struck Sihon with them, and says that the children of Israel also killed Balaam among the rest of their slain. Numbers 31:7–8 calls Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba the five kings of Midian, and says that those who fought against Midian killed them and Balaam the son of Beor. The Korean Revised Version spells two of the names 수르 and 후르 at Numbers 31:8 and 술 and 훌 at Joshua 13:21. This collection keeps both accounts as their texts stand, gives the passages of both books to the entries of the five men and of Balaam, and does not decide how the two accounts fit.

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Moses — Took part in — The five kings of Midian and Balaam killed, and the captives and plunder brought back

Evidence: Numbers 31:7–12
Eleazar (son of Aaron) — Took part in — The five kings of Midian and Balaam killed, and the captives and plunder brought back

Evidence: Numbers 31:7–12
Evi — Took part in — The five kings of Midian and Balaam killed, and the captives and plunder brought back

Evidence: Numbers 31:7–12
Rekem — Took part in — The five kings of Midian and Balaam killed, and the captives and plunder brought back

Evidence: Numbers 31:7–12
Zur (king of Midian) — Took part in — The five kings of Midian and Balaam killed, and the captives and plunder brought back

Evidence: Numbers 31:7–12
Hur (king of Midian) — Took part in — The five kings of Midian and Balaam killed, and the captives and plunder brought back

Evidence: Numbers 31:7–12
Reba — Took part in — The five kings of Midian and Balaam killed, and the captives and plunder brought back

Evidence: Numbers 31:7–12
Balaam — Took part in — The five kings of Midian and Balaam killed, and the captives and plunder brought back

Evidence: Numbers 31:7–12
The five kings of Midian and Balaam killed, and the captives and plunder brought back — Narrated location — Midian region

Evidence: Numbers 31:7–12
The five kings of Midian and Balaam killed, and the captives and plunder brought back — Narrated location — Plains of Moab

Evidence: Numbers 31:7–12

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Entry: The five kings of Midian and Balaam killed, and the captives and plunder brought back (event-num-31-midian-defeated)
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Current wording: Numbers 31:7–12: they fight against Midian as the LORD commanded Moses and kill every male. They kill the five kings of Midian, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba, and kill Balaam the son of Beor with the sword. They take the women of Midian and their little ones captive, take their livestock, flocks and goods as plunder and burn all their cities and encampments; then they bring the captives, the prey and the plunder to Moses, Eleazar the priest and the congregation, at the camp in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
Cited evidence: NUM 31:7–12, engwebp
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