Numbers 25:18

כִּי צֹרְרִים הֵם לָכֶם בְּנִכְלֵיהֶם אֲשֶׁר ־ נִכְּלוּ לָכֶם עַל ־ דְּבַר ־ פְּעוֹר וְעַל ־ דְּבַר כָּזְבִּי בַת ־ נְשִׂיא מִדְיָן אֲחֹתָם הַמֻּכָּה בְיוֹם ־ הַמַּגֵּפָה עַל ־ דְּבַר ־ פְּעֽוֹר ׃ וַיְהִי אַחֲרֵי הַמַּגֵּפָה פ

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

17צָרוֹר אֶת ־ הַמִּדְיָנִים וְהִכִּיתֶם אוֹתָֽם ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 3:13וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים לָאִשָּׁה מַה ־ זֹּאת עָשִׂית וַתֹּאמֶר הָֽאִשָּׁה הַנָּחָשׁ הִשִּׁיאַנִי וָאֹכֵֽל ׃

Exodus 32:21וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶֽל ־ אַהֲרֹן מֶֽה ־ עָשָׂה לְךָ הָעָם הַזֶּה כִּֽי ־ הֵבֵאתָ עָלָיו חֲטָאָה גְדֹלָֽה ׃

Numbers 31:15וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם מֹשֶׁה הַֽחִיִּיתֶם כָּל ־ נְקֵבָֽה ׃

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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