Numbers 25:17

“Attack the Midianites and kill them,

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In The King James Version

Vex the Midianites, and smite them:

In Context

16The Lord told Moses,

18because they attacked you deceptively, leading you astray by using Peor and their woman Cozbi, the daughter of the Midianite leader—the woman who was killed on the day the plague came because of their devotion to Peor.”

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Cross References

Numbers 31:1The Lord told Moses,

Judges 6:1The Israelites did what was evil in the Lord's sight. So the Lord handed them over to the Midianites 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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