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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.” <a href="/bsb/numbers/25.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> For they assailed you deceitfully when they seduced you in the matter of Peor and their sister Cozbi, the daughter of the Midianite leader, the woman who was killed on the day the plague came because of Peor.” <a href="/kjv/numbers/25.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/numbers/25.htm">New King James Version</a> 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.” <a href="/nasb_/numbers/25.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> for they have been hostile to you with their tricks, with which they have deceived you in the matter of Peor and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the leader of Midian, their sister who was killed on the day of the plague because of Peor.” <a href="/nasb/numbers/25.htm">NASB 1995</a> for they have been hostile to you with their tricks, with which they have deceived you in the affair of Peor and in the affair of Cozbi, the daughter of the leader of Midian, their sister who was slain on the day of the plague because of Peor.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/numbers/25.htm">NASB 1977 </a> for they have been hostile to you with their tricks, with which they have deceived you in the affair of Peor, and in the affair of Cozbi, the daughter of the leader of Midian, their sister who was slain on the day of the plague because of Peor.” <a href="/lsb/numbers/25.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> for they have been hostile to you with their deceptive tricks, with which they have deceived you in the affair of Peor and in the affair of Cozbi, the daughter of the leader of Midian, their sister who was slain on the day of the plague because of Peor.” <a href="/amp/numbers/25.htm">Amplified Bible</a> for they harass you with their tricks, the tricks with which they have deceived you in the matter [of the Baal] of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the leader of Midian, their sister, who was killed on the day of the plague because [of the Baal] of Peor.” <a href="/csb/numbers/25.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> For 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.” <a href="/hcsb/numbers/25.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> For 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.&#8221 <a href="/asv/numbers/25.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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 the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor. <a href="/erv/numbers/25.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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 the prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor. <a href="/gwt/numbers/25.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> because they treated you as enemies. They plotted to trick you in the incident that took place at Peor. They used their sister Cozbi, daughter of a Midianite leader, who was killed on the day of the plague caused by the incident at Peor." <a href="/gnt/numbers/25.htm">Good News Translation</a> because of the evil they did to you when they deceived you at Peor, and because of Cozbi, who was killed at the time of the epidemic at Peor." <a href="/isv/numbers/25.htm">International Standard Version</a> because they've acted deceitfully, bringing trouble to you in this incident at Peor with Cozbi, daughter of a prince from Midian, who was killed during the plague that came about because of the incident at Peor." <a href="/msb/numbers/25.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> For they assailed you deceitfully when they seduced you in the matter of Peor and their sister Cozbi, the daughter of the Midianite leader, the woman who was killed on the day the plague came because of Peor.? <a href="/net/numbers/25.htm">NET Bible</a> because they bring trouble to you by their treachery with which they have deceived you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, who was killed on the day of the plague that happened as a result of Peor." <a href="/nheb/numbers/25.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> for they harassed you with their tricks, with which they have deceived you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor.'" <a href="/wbt/numbers/25.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For they distress you with their wiles, with which they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian their sister, who was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake. <a href="/web/numbers/25.htm">World English Bible</a> for they harassed you with their wiles, wherein they have deceived you in the matter of Peor, and in the incident regarding Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/numbers/25.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> for they are adversaries to you with their frauds, [with] which they have acted fraudulently to you, concerning the matter of Peor and concerning the matter of Cozbi, daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, who is struck in the day of the plague for the matter of Peor.” <a href="/ylt/numbers/25.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> for they are adversaries to you with their frauds, with which they have acted fraudulently to you, concerning the matter of Peor, and concerning the matter of Cozbi, daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, who is smitten in the day of the plague for the matter of Peor.' <a href="/slt/numbers/25.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For they are hostile to you with their deceits in which they acted deceitfully to you, upon the word of Peor and upon the word of Cozbi, daughter of a chief of Midian, their sister, being smitten in the day of the smiting concerning the word of Peor.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/numbers/25.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Because they also have acted like enemies against you, and have guilefully deceived you by the idol Phogor, and Cozbi their sister, a daughter of a prince of Madian, who was slain in the day the plague for the sacrilege of Phogor. <a href="/cpdv/numbers/25.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> for they, too, have behaved with hostility against you, and they have deceived you insidiously by means of the idol Peor, and by Cozbi, the daughter of a commander of Midian, their sister, who was struck down in the day of the scourge because of the sacrilege of Peor.” <a href="/nabre/numbers/25.htm">New American Bible</a> for they have been your enemies by the deceitful dealings they had with you regarding Peor and their kinswoman Cozbi, the daughter of a Midianite prince, who was slain at the time of the plague because of Peor. <a href="/nrsvce/numbers/25.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> for they have harassed you by the trickery with which they deceived you in the affair of Peor, and in the affair of Cozbi, the daughter of a leader of Midian, their sister; she was killed on the day of the plague that resulted from Peor.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/numbers/25.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For they have distressed you with their treachery, wherewith they have plotted against you in the matter of Peor and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain in the day of the plague in the matter of Peor. <a href="/hpbt/numbers/25.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Because they distress you with their treachery by which they betrayed you in the matter of Peor and in the matter of Cosbi, daughter of the Prince of Midian, their sister who was killed in the days of the plague that came suddenly in the matter of Peor.” <div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/numbers/25.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> for they harass you, by their wiles wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor.' <a href="/sep/numbers/25.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> for they are enemies to you by the treachery wherein they ensnare you through Phogor, and through Chasbi their sister, daughter of a prince of Madiam, who was smitten in the day of the plague because of Phogor. <a href="/parallel/numbers/25-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=7859" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/numbers/25.htm">The Zeal of Phinehas</a> …17“Attack the Midianites and strike them dead. 18<a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992: hêm (Pro-3mp) -- They. Or hemmah; masculine plural from halak; they.">they</a> <a href="/hebrew/6887.htm" title="6887: ṣō·rə·rîm (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- A primitive root; to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive.">assailed</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/5231.htm" title="5231: bə·niḵ·lê·hem (Prep-b:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Wiliness, craft, knavery. From nakal; deceit.">deceitfully</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">when</a> <a href="/hebrew/5230.htm" title="5230: nik·kə·lū (V-Piel-Perf-3cp) -- To be crafty, deceitful or knavish. A prim root; to defraud, i.e. Act treacherously.">they seduced</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">in</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: də·ḇar- (N-msc) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">the matter</a> <a href="/hebrew/6465.htm" title="6465: pə·‘ō·wr (N-proper-fs) -- From pa'ar; a gap; Peor, a mountain East of Jordan; also a deity worshipped there.">of Peor</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: wə·‘al- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: də·ḇar (N-msc) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause."></a> <a href="/hebrew/269.htm" title="269: ’ă·ḥō·ṯām (N-fsc:: 3mp) -- Sister. Irregular feminine of 'ach; a sister (like 'Ezrachiy), literally and figuratively).">their sister</a> <a href="/hebrew/3579.htm" title="3579: kā·zə·bî (N-proper-fs) -- A woman of Midian. From kazab; false; Cozbi, a Midianitess.">Cozbi,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: ḇaṯ- (N-fsc) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">the daughter</a> <a href="/hebrew/4080.htm" title="4080: miḏ·yān (N-proper-ms) -- The same as midyan; Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and his descendants.">of the Midianite</a> <a href="/hebrew/5387.htm" title="5387: nə·śî (N-msc) -- Or nasi'; from nasa'; properly, an exalted one, i.e. A king or sheik; also a rising mist.">leader,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5221.htm" title="5221: ham·muk·kāh (Art:: V-Hofal-Prtcpl-fs) -- To smite. A primitive root; to strike.">the woman who was killed</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: ḇə·yō·wm- (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">on the day</a> <a href="/hebrew/4046.htm" title="4046: ham·mag·gê·p̄āh (Art:: N-fs) -- A blow, slaughter, plague, pestilence. From nagaph; a pestilence; by analogy, defeat.">the plague</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">came</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: də·ḇar- (N-msc) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">because of</a> <a href="/hebrew/6465.htm" title="6465: pə·‘ō·wr (N-proper-fs) -- From pa'ar; a gap; Peor, a mountain East of Jordan; also a deity worshipped there.">Peor.”</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/psalms/106-28.htm">Psalm 106:28-31</a> They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods. / So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them. / But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained. ... <a href="/1_corinthians/10-8.htm">1 Corinthians 10:8</a> We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died. <a href="/revelation/2-14.htm">Revelation 2:14</a> But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality. <a href="/deuteronomy/4-3.htm">Deuteronomy 4:3-4</a> Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor. / But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive to this day, every one of you. <a href="/joshua/22-17.htm">Joshua 22:17</a> Was not the sin of Peor enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day? It even brought a plague upon the congregation of the LORD. <a href="/hosea/9-10.htm">Hosea 9:10</a> I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved. <a href="/2_peter/2-15.htm">2 Peter 2:15</a> They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness. <a href="/micah/6-5.htm">Micah 6:5</a> My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’” <a href="/1_corinthians/5-1.htm">1 Corinthians 5:1</a> It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife. <a href="/2_corinthians/6-14.htm">2 Corinthians 6:14-17</a> Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? / What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? / What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” ... <a href="/deuteronomy/23-3.htm">Deuteronomy 23:3-6</a> No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation. / For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you. / Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you. ... <a href="/nehemiah/13-1.htm">Nehemiah 13:1-3</a> At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God, / because they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but had hired Balaam to call down a curse against them (although our God had turned the curse into a blessing). / As soon as the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all of foreign descent. <a href="/judges/2-11.htm">Judges 2:11-13</a> And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals. / Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger, / for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths. <a href="/1_kings/11-1.htm">1 Kings 11:1-2</a> King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. / These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love. <a href="/2_kings/17-7.htm">2 Kings 17:7-12</a> All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods / and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel. / The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities. ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For they vex you with their wiles, with which 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.<a href="/numbers/25-1.htm">Numbers 25:1</a> And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.<a href="/numbers/25-9.htm">Numbers 25:9</a> And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/18-32.htm">Account</a> <a href="/numbers/12-11.htm">Acted</a> <a href="/numbers/24-8.htm">Adversaries</a> <a href="/numbers/16-49.htm">Affair</a> <a href="/genesis/29-25.htm">Beguiled</a> <a href="/numbers/10-2.htm">Causing</a> <a href="/numbers/25-15.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/numbers/25-15.htm">Cozbi</a> <a href="/exodus/10-7.htm">Danger</a> <a href="/numbers/25-15.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/numbers/25-15.htm">Death</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-2.htm">Deceived</a> <a href="/numbers/25-17.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/colossians/3-21.htm">Harass</a> <a href="/numbers/25-17.htm">Hostile</a> <a href="/numbers/22-33.htm">Killed</a> <a href="/numbers/25-14.htm">Leader</a> <a href="/numbers/18-32.htm">Matter</a> <a href="/numbers/25-15.htm">Midian</a> <a href="/numbers/25-15.htm">Mid'ian</a> <a href="/numbers/25-15.htm">Midianite</a> <a href="/numbers/25-5.htm">Peor</a> <a href="/numbers/25-5.htm">Pe'or</a> <a href="/numbers/25-9.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/numbers/25-14.htm">Prince</a> <a href="/numbers/25-11.htm">Sake</a> <a href="/numbers/19-17.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/numbers/6-7.htm">Sister</a> <a href="/numbers/25-15.htm">Slain</a> <a href="/numbers/23-23.htm">Time</a> <a href="/numbers/20-15.htm">Treated</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-1.htm">Tricks</a> <a href="/numbers/25-17.htm">Vex</a> <a href="/numbers/14-33.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/numbers/16-39.htm">Wherewith</a> <a href="/ephesians/6-11.htm">Wiles</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/31-26.htm">Account</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-43.htm">Acted</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-27.htm">Adversaries</a> <a href="/esther/2-23.htm">Affair</a> <a href="/joshua/9-22.htm">Beguiled</a> <a href="/numbers/35-15.htm">Causing</a> <a href="/numbers/31-26.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/numbers/25-15.htm">Cozbi</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-25.htm">Danger</a> <a href="/numbers/26-46.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/numbers/26-10.htm">Death</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-16.htm">Deceived</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-9.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/numbers/33-55.htm">Harass</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-54.htm">Hostile</a> <a href="/numbers/31-7.htm">Killed</a> <a href="/numbers/34-18.htm">Leader</a> <a href="/numbers/31-16.htm">Matter</a> <a href="/numbers/31-3.htm">Midian</a> <a href="/numbers/31-3.htm">Mid'ian</a> <a href="/numbers/31-9.htm">Midianite</a> <a href="/numbers/31-16.htm">Peor</a> <a href="/numbers/31-16.htm">Pe'or</a> <a href="/numbers/26-1.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/numbers/34-18.htm">Prince</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-37.htm">Sake</a> <a href="/numbers/27-3.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/numbers/26-59.htm">Sister</a> <a href="/numbers/31-8.htm">Slain</a> <a href="/numbers/26-10.htm">Time</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/24-7.htm">Treated</a> <a href="/psalms/10-2.htm">Tricks</a> <a href="/numbers/33-55.htm">Vex</a> <a href="/numbers/30-15.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/numbers/30-4.htm">Wherewith</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-14.htm">Wiles</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 25</div>1. <a href="/numbers/25-1.htm">Israel at Shittim commit unfaithfulness and idolatry</a> 6. <a href="/numbers/25-6.htm">Phinehas kills Zimri and Cozbi</a> 10. <a href="/numbers/25-10.htm">God therefore gives him an everlasting priesthood</a> 16. <a href="/numbers/25-16.htm">The Midianites are to be troubled</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This deceit is reminiscent of the serpent's deception in <a href="/genesis/3.htm">Genesis 3</a>, where subtlety led to the fall. The spiritual battle against deceit is a recurring theme in Scripture, emphasizing the need for discernment and vigilance.when they seduced you in the matter of Peor The seduction at Peor involved the Israelites being lured into idolatry and immorality, as described in <a href="/numbers/25.htm">Numbers 25:1-3</a>. This event highlights the dangers of compromising with pagan practices and the seductive nature of sin. It serves as a warning against spiritual adultery, drawing parallels to <a href="/james/4-4.htm">James 4:4</a>, which warns against friendship with the world.and their sister Cozbi, the daughter of the Midianite leader Cozbi, a Midianite woman of high status, played a significant role in the seduction. Her involvement underscores the strategic use of influential figures to lead others astray. This reflects the broader biblical theme of leaders and their impact on the spiritual direction of a community, as seen in <a href="/1_kings/11.htm">1 Kings 11:1-4</a> with Solomon's foreign wives.the woman who was killed on the day the plague came because of Peor Cozbi's death, along with the plague that struck Israel, signifies divine judgment against sin. This event is a sobering reminder of the consequences of disobedience and the seriousness with which God views idolatry and immorality. It foreshadows the ultimate judgment and redemption through Christ, who bore the penalty for sin, as seen in <a href="/romans/6-23.htm">Romans 6:23</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/peor.htm">Peor</a> A location associated with the worship of Baal, where the Israelites were led into idolatry and immorality. 2. <a href="/topical/c/cozbi.htm">Cozbi</a> A Midianite woman, daughter of a leader, who was involved in leading Israel into sin. 3. <a href="/topical/m/midian.htm">Midian</a> A region and people who were adversaries of Israel, often leading them into idolatry. 4. <a href="/topical/p/plague.htm">Plague</a> A divine punishment that struck the Israelites due to their sin at Peor. 5. <a href="/topical/t/treachery.htm">Treachery</a> The deceitful actions of the Midianites and Moabites in leading Israel astray.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/guard_against_idolatry.htm">Guard Against Idolatry</a> The incident at Peor serves as a stark reminder of the dangers of idolatry and the importance of remaining faithful to God. Believers today must be vigilant against modern forms of idolatry that can lead them away from God. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a> The plague that struck Israel illustrates the serious consequences of sin. It is a call to repentance and a reminder of God's holiness and justice. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_leadership.htm">The Role of Leadership</a> Cozbi's involvement as a leader's daughter highlights the influence of leadership. Christian leaders must set a godly example and lead others in righteousness. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_righteous_zeal.htm">The Importance of Righteous Zeal</a> Phinehas' zeal for God's honor, which stopped the plague, teaches the importance of standing up for righteousness and taking decisive action against sin. <a href="/topical/c/community_accountability.htm">Community Accountability</a> The collective punishment of Israel underscores the concept of community accountability. Believers are called to support one another in faithfulness and hold each other accountable.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_25.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 25</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_permit_biblical_genocides.htm">Why does God allow genocides to happen, including those commanded in the Bible (Numbers 31:17-18)?</a> <a href="/q/why_is_numbers_31's_warfare_approach_unique.htm">Numbers 31 compared to earlier laws in Exodus and Leviticus: Why does this narrative's approach to warfare seem inconsistent with other divine commandments?</a> <a href="/q/why_target_midianites_if_they_persist.htm">Numbers 25:16-18: How do we explain God's order to target the Midianites if later passages show them still existing as a significant force?</a> <a href="/q/why_commend_phinehas_for_killing.htm">Numbers 25:6-8: Why does God commend Phinehas for killing an Israelite man and a Midianite woman, raising moral questions about vigilante violence?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a> <a href="/commentaries/numbers/25-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>For כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction they הֵם֙ (hêm) Pronoun - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> They assailed you צֹרְרִ֥ים (ṣō·rə·rîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6887.htm">Strong's 6887: </a> To bind, tie up, be restricted, narrow, scant, or cramped deceitfully בְּנִכְלֵיהֶ֛ם (bə·niḵ·lê·hem) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5231.htm">Strong's 5231: </a> Wiliness, craft, knavery when אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that they seduced נִכְּל֥וּ (nik·kə·lū) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5230.htm">Strong's 5230: </a> To be crafty, deceitful or knavish you לָכֶ֖ם (lā·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> in עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the matter דְּבַר־ (də·ḇar-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> A word, a matter, thing, a cause of Peor פְּע֑וֹר (pə·‘ō·wr) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6465.htm">Strong's 6465: </a> Peor -- a mountain in Moab, also a god worshiped there and וְעַל־ (wə·‘al-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against their sister אֲחֹתָ֔ם (’ă·ḥō·ṯām) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_269.htm">Strong's 269: </a> Sister -- a sister Cozbi, כָּזְבִּ֨י (kā·zə·bî) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3579.htm">Strong's 3579: </a> Cozbi -- a woman of Midian the daughter בַת־ (ḇaṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> A daughter of the Midianite מִדְיָן֙ (miḏ·yān) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4080.htm">Strong's 4080: </a> Midian -- a son of Abraham and Keturah, also his descendants and the region where they settled leader, נְשִׂ֤יא (nə·śî) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5387.htm">Strong's 5387: </a> An exalted one, a king, sheik, a rising mist [the woman] who was killed הַמֻּכָּ֥ה (ham·muk·kāh) Article | Verb - Hofal - Participle - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5221.htm">Strong's 5221: </a> To strike on the day בְיוֹם־ (ḇə·yō·wm-) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day the plague הַמַּגֵּפָ֖ה (ham·mag·gê·p̄āh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4046.htm">Strong's 4046: </a> A blow, slaughter, plague, pestilence came עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against because of דְּבַר־ (də·ḇar-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> A word, a matter, thing, a cause Peor.? פְּעֽוֹר׃ (pə·‘ō·wr) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6465.htm">Strong's 6465: </a> Peor -- a mountain in Moab, also a god worshiped there <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/25-18.htm">Numbers 25:18 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/numbers/25-18.htm">Numbers 25:18 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/numbers/25-18.htm">Numbers 25:18 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/numbers/25-18.htm">Numbers 25:18 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/numbers/25-18.htm">Numbers 25:18 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/25-18.htm">Numbers 25:18 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/25-18.htm">Numbers 25:18 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/25-18.htm">Numbers 25:18 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/25-18.htm">Numbers 25:18 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/numbers/25-18.htm">Numbers 25:18 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/numbers/25-18.htm">OT Law: Numbers 25:18 For they harassed you with their wiles (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/25-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 25:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 25:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/26-1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 26:1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 26:1" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>