Numbers 25:17

“Treat the Midianites as enemies and attack them,

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In The King James Version

Vex the Midianites, and smite them:

In Context

16So Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,

18for they treated you like enemies with their deceitfulness. They led you into evil in the case of Peor and in the case of their sister Kozbi, the daughter of a leader in Midian, who was killed on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor.”

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Cross References

Numbers 31:1Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,

Judges 6:1The people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and he gave 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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