Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
What does Numbers 25:17 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.
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