because they assaulted you with deceit and tricked you into worshiping Baal of Peor, and because of Cozbi, the daughter of a Midianite leader, who was killed at the time of the plague because of what happened at Peor.”

Commentaries

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John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

For they vex you with their wiles
Not with wars, but with wiles, with cunning stratagems, and artful methods to draw…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

We do not read 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 ours…