Numbers 25:18
for 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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17“Treat the Midianites as enemies and attack them,
Cross References
Genesis 3:13Yahweh God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent lied to me, and I ate.”
Exodus 32:21Then Moses said to Aaron, “What did this people do to you, that you have brought such a great sin on them?”
Numbers 31:15Moses said to them, “Have you let all the women live?
2 Corinthians 11:3But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your thoughts might be led astray away from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
2 Peter 2:18They speak with vain arrogance. They entice people through the lusts of the flesh. They entice people who try to escape from those who live in error.
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 →