A moment in scripture
Numbers 25:18
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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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The surrounding passage
- Numbers 25:16
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
- Numbers 25:17
Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.