Numbers 25:18

Numbers 25:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)They treated you as enemies when they deceived you in the Peor incident involving their sister Kozbi, the daughter of a Midianite leader, the woman who was killed when the plague came as a result of that incident.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)for they have harassed you with their wiles, with which they beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the chief of Midian, their sister, who was killed on the day of the plague on account of Peor."
• New King James Version (NKJV)for they harassed you with their schemes by which they seduced you in the matter of Peor and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a leader of Midian, their sister, who was killed in the day of the plague because of Peor.”

Context of Numbers 25:18

16The Lord said to Moses, 17‘Attack the Midianites and destroy them. They have deceived you and they have become your enemies. They took some of you to worship their god Peor. They used Cozbi to make you do a wrong thing, and she was the daughter of a Midianite leader. Phinehas killed her on the day when the bad disease killed many Israelites at Peor mountain.’

Numbers 25:18 word by word

כִּ֣י צֹרְרִ֥ים הֵם֙ לָכֶ֔ם בְּנִכְלֵיהֶ֛ם אֲשֶׁר־נִכְּל֥וּ לָכֶ֖ם עַל־דְּבַר־פְּע֑וֹר וְעַל־דְּבַ֞ר כָּזְבִּ֨י בַת־נְשִׂ֤יא מִדְיָן֙ אֲחֹתָ֔ם הַמֻּכָּ֥ה בְיוֹם־הַמַּגֵּפָ֖ה עַל־דְּבַר־פְּעֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For they vexצָרַרtsârar · to vexH6887
• you with their wilesנֵ֫כֶלnêkel · trickH5231
• wherewith they have beguiledנָכַלnâkal · to plotH5230
• you in the matterדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
• of Peorפְּעוֹרpe‛ôr · PeorH6465
• of Cozbiכָּזְבִיkozbîy · CozbiH3579
• the daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• of a princeנָשִׂיאnâώîy' nâώi' · leaderH5387
• of Midianמִדְיָןmidyân · MidianH4080
• their sisterאָחוֹת'âchôth · sisterH269
• which was slainנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• in the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of the plagueמַגֵּפָהmaggêphâh · plagueH4046

Cross-references for Numbers 25:18

• Numbers 25:1The Israelites were staying in Shittim. The men began to have sex with the women from Moab.
• Numbers 25:9But 24,000 people had already died as a result of the disease.

Commentaries on Numbers 25:18

• 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. 1818. they vex you with their wiles--Instead of open war, they plot insidious ways of accomplishing your ruin by idolatry and corruption. their sister--their countrywoman.Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 25:18

• Cozbi
• Midianites
• Zur

In the dictionaries

• Midian
• Peor
• Midian; Midianites
• Midian, Midianite
• Peor, Mount Peor, Baal Peor
• Baalpeor
• Balaam
• Thrust
• Abel-Shittim
• Astrology

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