Numbers 25:18
for they harassed you with their wiles, wherein they have deceived you in the matter of Peor, and in the incident regarding Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor.”
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
17“Harass the Midianites, and strike them;
Cross References
Genesis 3:13The LORD God said to the woman, “What have you done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
Exodus 32:21Moses said to Aaron, “What did these people do to you, that you have brought a great sin on them?”
Numbers 31:15Moses said to them, “Have you saved all the women alive?
2 Corinthians 11:3But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Havah in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Messiah.
2 Peter 2:18For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping 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 →