Numbers 25 · Verse 18

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.
Numbers 25:18, King James Version

Numbers 25:18 in other translations

BSBFor 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.”
WEBfor 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.”
ASVfor 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.
YLTfor 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.'
DARBYfor they have harassed 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, who was slain on the day of the plague because of the matter of Peor.
BBEFor they are a danger to you with their false ways, causing sin to come on you in the question of Peor, and because of Cozbi, their sister, the daughter of the chief of Midian, who was put to death at the time of the disease which came on you because of Peor.
WebsterFor 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.

What does Numbers 25:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
18. they vex you with their wiles--Instead of open war, they plot insidious ways of accomplishing your ruin by idolatry and corruption. their sister--their countrywoman.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 25:16-18

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, 30. Whatever draws us to sin, should be a vexation to us, as a thorn in the flesh. And none will be more surely and severely punished than those who, after Satan's example, and with his subtlety, tempt others to…

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Numbers 25:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּ֣יkiforH3588
צֹרְרִ֥יםtzo.re.Rim[are] opposersH6887
הֵם֙hemtheyH1992
לָכֶ֔םla.Khem<to> <the> you
בְּנִכְלֵיהֶ֛םbe.nikh.lei.Hemby deceitfulness<es> theirH5231
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
נִכְּל֥וּni.ke.Luthey have dealt deceptivelyH5230
לָכֶ֖םla.Khemto <the> you
עַל\־'al-onH5921
דְּבַר\־de.var-[the] matter ofH1697
פְּע֑וֹרpe.'orPeorH6465
וְעַל\־ve.'al-and onH5921
דְּבַ֞רde.Var[the] matter ofH1697
כָּזְבִּ֨יka.ze.BiCozbiH3579
בַת\־vat-[the] daughter ofH1323
נְשִׂ֤יאne.Si'[the] leader ofH5387
מִדְיָן֙mid.YanMidianH4080
אֲחֹתָ֔ם'a.cho.Tamsister theirH269
הַמֻּכָּ֥הha.mu.Kahwho was struck downH5221
בְיוֹם\־ve.yom-on [the] day ofH3117
הַמַּגֵּפָ֖הha.ma.ge.Fahthe plagueH4046
עַל\־'al-onH5921
דְּבַר\־de.var-[the] matter ofH1697
פְּעֽוֹר\׃pe.'orPeorH6465

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Cross references for Numbers 25:18

  • Revelation 2:14

    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.

  • Genesis 26:10

    And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.

  • Exodus 32:35

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

  • Genesis 3:13

    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.

  • Numbers 31:15-16

    And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord.

  • 2 Peter 2:18

    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.

  • 2 Corinthians 11:3

    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.

  • 2 Peter 2:14-15

    Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: 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 32:21

    And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?

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vex you.
31:15,16; Ge 26:10; Ex 32:21,35; Re 2:14
beguiled.
Ge 3:13; 2Co 11:3; 2Pe 2:14,15,18
which.
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Context

  • Numbers 25:17

    Vex the Midianites, and smite them:

  • 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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Numbers 25:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Por cuanto ellos os afligieron á vosotros con sus ardides, con que os han engañado en el negocio de Peor, y en el negocio de Cozbi, hija del príncipe de Madián, su hermana, la cual fué muerta el día de la mortandad por causa de Peor.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
car eux vous ont serrés de près par leurs ruses, par lesquelles ils vous ont séduits dans l’affaire de Péor, et dans l’affaire de Cozbi, fille d’un prince de Madian, leur sœur, qui a été frappée le jour de la plaie, à cause de l’affaire de Péor.
German
Elberfelder 1871
denn sie haben euch befeindet durch ihre List, womit sie euch überlistet haben in der Sache des Peor und in der Sache der Kosbi, der Tochter eines Fürsten von Midian, ihrer Schwester, welche am Tage der Plage wegen des Peor erschlagen wurde.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
quia et ipsi hostiliter egerunt contra vos, et decepere insidiis per idolum Phogor, et Cozbi filiam ducis Madian sororem suam, quæ percussa est in die plagæ pro sacrilegio Phogor.