Numbers 25:16

Numbers 25:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord said to Moses,
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Context of Numbers 25:16

14The name of the slain Israelite man, who was struck dead with the Midianite woman, was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family. 15The name of the slain Midianite woman was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur, a tribal head of a family in Midian. The Lord told Moses, 17“Attack the Midianites and strike them dead. 18For they attacked you with the treachery that they used against you in the Peor incident. They did the same in the case involving their sister Cozbi, daughter of the Midianite leader who was killed the day the plague came at Peor.”

Numbers 25:16 word by word

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• spakeדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• unto Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559

Cross-references for Numbers 25:16

• Numbers 31:2“Execute vengeance for the Israelites against the Midianites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.”
• Revelation 18:6Pay her back the way she also paid, and double it according to her works. In the cup in which she mixed, mix a double portion for her.

Commentaries on Numbers 25:16

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-18Verses 16-18 We read not that any Midianites died of the plague; God punished them with the sword of an enemy, not with the rod of a father. We must set ourselves against whatever is an occasion of sin to us, Mt 5:29, 30. Whatever draws us to sin, should be a vexation to us, as a thorn in the flesh. And none will be more surely and severely punished than those who, after Satan's example, and with his subtlety, tempt others to sin.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-18Attack the Midianites and strike them dead: This war is recorded in chapter 31.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-181. Israel abode in Shittim--a verdant meadow, so called from a grove of acacia trees which lined the eastern side of the Jordan. (See Nu 33:49).Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 25:16

• Midianites

In the dictionaries

• Moses
• Balaam
• Thrust
• Abel-Shittim
• Astrology
• Cozbi
• Midianitish, Woman
• Moab; Moabites
• Murder
• Numbers, Book of

Commentaries on Numbers 25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings