Numbers 25:17
צָרוֹר אֶת ־ הַמִּדְיָנִים וְהִכִּיתֶם אוֹתָֽם ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
In Context
16וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל ־ מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹֽר ׃
Cross References
Numbers 31:1וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל ־ מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹֽר ׃
Judges 6:1וַיַּעֲשׂוּ בְנֵי ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה וַיִּתְּנֵם יְהוָה בְּיַד ־ מִדְיָן שֶׁבַע שָׁנִֽים ׃
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 →