154. And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he
went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens; and he spied an
Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. And he looked this
way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, _he slew the
Egyptian_, and hid him in the sand. Exodus ii. 11. 12.
155. Now therefore (says Moses) kill every male among the little ones,
and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. But all the
women children, that have not known man by lying with him, _keep alive
for yourselves_. Numbers xxxi. 17, 18.
156. And Moses spake unto the people, saying, _Arm some of yourselves
unto the war_, and let them go against the Midianites, and _avenge_
the Lord of Midian. And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every
tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war,
_with the holy instruments_, and the trumpets to blow in his hand. Num.
xxxi. 3--6.