sn This lengthy chapter records the mobilization of the troops (vv. 1–5), the war itself (vv. 6–13), the death of the captive women (vv. 14–18), the purification of the nations (vv. 19–24), and the distribution of the spoils (vv. 25–54). For more detail, see G. W. Coats, “Moses in Midian,” JBL 92 (1973): 3–10; and W. J. Dumbrell, “Midian—a Land or a League?” VT 25 (1975): 323–37.