Numbers 31 is the 31st chapter of the Book of Numbers, the fourth book of the Pentateuch, the central part of the Hebrew Bible, a sacred text in Judaism and Christianity. Scholars such as Israel Knohl
Women of Midian led captive by Israelite soldiers. Watercolour by James Tissot (c. 1900).
Phinehas slaying Zimri and Kozbi the Midianite (c.1590) by Joos van Winghe
Five Kings of Midian Slain by Israel (1728) by Gerard Hoet
Idolatry with Baal-Peor (1970) by Phillip Medhurst
The Book of Numbers is the fourth book of the Hebrew Bible and the fourth of five books of the Jewish Torah. The book has a long and complex history; its final form is possibly due to a Priestly redac
Page from the Leningrad Codex (AD 1008), showing part of Numbers 10
MS. Kennicott 3, created in 1299. Shows the beginning of Numbers with its first word illustrated with calligraphy: וידבר Way-ḏabbêr, "And He spoke…"
Priest, Levite, and furnishings of the Tabernacle
A Plague Inflicted on Israel While Eating the Quail (illustration from the 1728 Figures de la Bible)