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16 Adonai spoke to Moses saying, 17 “Deal with the Midianites as enemies and strike them. 18 For they have been enemies to you in their deceptions of you in the matter of Peor and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a Midianite prince, their sister who was slain on the day of the plague on account of the Peor incident.”

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16 The Lord said to Moses,(A) 17 “Treat the Midianites(B) as enemies(C) and kill them.(D) 18 They treated you as enemies when they deceived you in the Peor incident(E) 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.”

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16 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

17 Vex the Midianites, and smite them:

18 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.

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16 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 17 (A)“Harass the Midianites, and [a]attack them; 18 for they harassed you with their (B)schemes[b] 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.”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 25:17 be hostile toward
  2. Numbers 25:18 tricks