Numbers 31:16
For they were the occasion to the children of Israel by the word of Balaam of their revolting and despising the word of the Lord, because of Peor; and there was a plague in the congregation of the Lord.
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In Context
15And Moses said to them, Why have ye saved every female alive?
17Now then slay every male in all the spoil, slay every woman, who has known the lying with man.
Cross References
Numbers 25:1And Israel sojourned in Shittim, and the people profaned itself by going a-whoring after the daughters of Moab.
Numbers 25:18for they are enemies to you by the treachery wherein they ensnare you through Peor, and through Cozbi their sister, daughter of a prince of Midian, who was smitten in the day of the plague because of Peor.
Joshua 22:17Is the sin of Peor too little for you, whereas we have not been cleansed from it until this day, though there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord?
Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find her to be, and I will pronounce to be 1 More bitter than death the woman which is a snare, 1 And her heart nets, 1 Who has a band in her hands: 1 He that is good in the sight of God shall be delivered from her; 1 But the sinner shall be caught by her. 1
Matthew Henry on Numbers 31:14-25
13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. 14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle. 15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? 16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the… Read the whole commentary →