Numbers 25:16

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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What does Numbers 25:16 mean?

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,.

Key themes

Justice and mercyPilgrimageRebellionJudgment

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Keep this verse inside Numbers 25:16-18 and alongside a few nearby related passages.

Numbers 25:17 Numbers 25:18 Micah 6:8 Amos 5:24