Numbers 25:17
15 And the name of the slain Midianite woman was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.
16 And the LORD said to Moses,
“Attack the Midianites and strike them dead.
18 For they assailed you deceitfully when they seduced you in the matter of Peor and their sister Cozbi, the daughter of the Midianite leader, the woman who was killed on the day the plague came because of Peor.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Attack the Midianites and strike them dead.
- KJV
- Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
- WEB
- “Harass the Midianites, and strike them;
- ASV
- Vex the Midianites, and smite them;
- DARBY
- Harass the Midianites, and smite them,
- BLB
- “Harass the Midianites and strike them.
- ÅB
- Angrip midianittene og slå dem!
- OTB
- "Behandle midjanittene som fiender og angripe dem;
- B1930
- Angrip midianittene og slå dem!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 31:1–3
And the LORD said to Moses,
Read in contextRevelation 18:6
Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.
Read in context