avenge the Lord] As he had commanded, Chap. 25. 17, 18. declaring also that the injury done against his people, is done against himselfe; and as God shewed himselfe a preserver of his people, in appointing a revenge in their names; so Moses required that they should take up armes, not so much for their owne cause, as for Gods, who was not lesse dishonoured, then the people were indangered by their sinne.