Numbers 25:17

Plague the Madianites as enemies, and smite them,

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Vex the Midianites, and smite them:

In Context

16And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the children of Israel, saying,

18for they are enemies to you by the treachery wherein they ensnare you through Phogor, and through Chasbi their sister, daughter of a prince of Madiam, who was smitten in the day of the plague because of Phogor.

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Cross References

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

Judges 6:1And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord gave them into the hand of Madiam 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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