Numbers 25:17

“Let the Midianites perceive you as enemies, and strike them down,

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In The King James Version

Vex the Midianites, and smite them:

In Context

16And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

18for they, too, have behaved with hostility against you, and they have deceived you insidiously by means of the idol Peor, and by Cozbi, the daughter of a commander of Midian, their sister, who was struck down in the day of the scourge because of the sacrilege of Peor.”

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Cross References

Numbers 31:1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Judges 6:1Then the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, who delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 25:17-18

16 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 17 Vex the Midianites, and smite them: 18 For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake. God had punished the Israelites for their sin with a plague; as a Father he corrected his own children with a rod. But we read not that any of the Midianites died of the plague; God took another course with… Read the whole commentary →

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