Numbers 22:7

22:7 So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the fee for divination in their hand. They came to Balaam and reported ¹  to him the words of Balak.

Numbers 31:3

31:3 So Moses spoke to the people: “Arm ²  men from among you for the war, to attack the Midianites and to execute ³  the Lord’s vengeance on Midian.

Numbers 31:9

31:9 The Israelites took the women of Midian captives along with their little ones, and took all their herds, all their flocks, and all their goods as plunder.

[22:7]  ¹ tn Heb “spoke.”

[31:3]  ² 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.”

[31:3]  ³ tn Heb “give.”