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Numbers 25:17

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Vex the Midianites, and smite them:

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  1. Numbers 25:15

    And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.

  2. Numbers 25:16

    And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

  3. Numbers 25:18

    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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