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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.

For they vex {H6887} you with their wiles {H5231}, wherewith they have beguiled {H5230} you in the matter {H1697} of Peor {H6465}, and in the matter {H1697} of Cozbi {H3579}, the daughter {H1323} of a prince {H5387} of Midian {H4080}, their sister {H269}, which was slain {H5221} in the day {H3117} of the plague {H4046} for Peor's {H6465} sake {H1697}.

because they are treating you as enemies by the trickery they used to deceive you in the P'or incident and in the affair of their sister Kozbi, the daughter of the leader from Midyan, the woman who was killed on the day of the plague in the P'or incident."

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.”

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.

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Cross-References

  • Revelation 2:14 (3 votes)

    But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.

  • 2 Peter 2:14 (2 votes)

    Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:

  • 2 Peter 2:15 (2 votes)

    Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam [the son] of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

  • Exodus 32:35 (2 votes)

    And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.

  • 2 Corinthians 11:3 (2 votes)

    But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

  • Genesis 3:13 (2 votes)

    And the LORD God said unto the woman, What [is] this [that] thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

  • 2 Peter 2:18 (2 votes)

    For when they speak great swelling [words] of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, [through much] wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.