“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.”
So Moses spoke to the people saying, Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian to execute the LORD's vengeance on Midian — this is explicitly a holy war, not territorial conquest but divine punishment. The phrase "execute the LORD's vengeance" (yad naqam) stresses that human action carries out divine justice. Every man is summoned, though only warriors will actually fight.
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