Holy Scripture
Numbers 31:1
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“But a deeper vengeance is taken on fiercer foes and on those that are false as well as on those who have done greater wrongs, as was the case with the Midianites. For they had made many of the Jewish people to sin through their women. For this reason the anger of the Lord was poured out upon the people of our fathers.…”
Source: Septuagint
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1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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— Numbers 31:1 —
2Avenge the wrongs of the children of Israel on the Midianites, and afterward thou shalt be added to thy people.
3And Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm some of you, and set yourselves in array before the Lord against Midian, to inflict vengeance on Midian from the Lord.