Numbers 25:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

“The Midianites are now enemies of Israel, so attack and defeat them! They tricked the people of Israel into worshipping their god at Peor, and they are responsible for the death of Cozbi, the daughter of one of their own leaders.”

Cross References

Numbers 22:4

They said to the Midianite leaders, “Those Israelites will wipe out everything in sight, like a bull eating grass in a field.” So King Balak

Numbers 25:1

While the Israelites were camped at Acacia, some of the men had sex with Moabite women.

Numbers 25:16

The LORD told Moses,

Revelation 18:6

Treat her as she has treated others. Make her pay double for what she has done. Make her drink twice as much of what she mixed for others.

Judges 6:1

Then once again the Israelites started disobeying the LORD, so he let the nation of Midian control Israel for seven years.