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Numbers 25:17 KJV
Numbers · chapter 25 · verse 17
Vex the Midianites, and smite them:Numbers 25:17 · King James Version
Numbers 25:17 in context
15And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.
16And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
17Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
18For 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- MidianitesMidyânîya Midjanite or descendant of MidjanH4084 →
- Vextsârarto cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitiveH6887 →
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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 them, and punished them with the sword of an enemy, not with the rod of a father. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-18