Numbers 25:18
For they are hostile toward you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Pe'or, and in the matter of Kozbi bat Nasi Midyan, their achot, which was slain in the yom of the maggefah that resulted from Pe'or.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
17Be hostile toward the Midyanim, and strike them;
19And it came to pass after the maggefah (plague),
Cross References
Genesis 3:13And Hashem Elohim said unto the isha, What is this that thou hast done? And the isha said, The Nachash beguiled me, and I did eat.
Exodus 32:21And Moshe said unto Aharon, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so chata'ah gedolah upon them?
Numbers 31:15And Moshe said unto them, Have ye saved all the nekevah alive?
2 Corinthians 11:3But I fear lest somehow as the Nachash deceived Chavah by his cunning, + 11:3 Gn 3:1-6,13 your machshavot should be led astray from a simple and pure deveykus to Moshiach.
2 Peter 2:18Using high sounding words of hevel, they entice, with licentious ta'avot of the basar, the ones barely escaped from those living in toyus (error) and delusion.
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 →