Numbers 25:16

16 God spoke to Moses:

Numbers 25:16 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 25:16

And the Lord spake unto Moses
This was some time after the above affair happened; how long it was is not certain; and a little time before the death of Moses, see ( Numbers 31:1 Numbers 31:2 ) :

saying;
as follows.

Numbers 25:16 In-Context

14 The name of the man of Israel who was killed with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the head of the Simeonite family.

15 And the name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.

16 God spoke to Moses:

17 "From here on make the Midianites your enemies. Fight them tooth and nail.

18 They turned out to be your enemies when they seduced you in the business of Peor and that woman Cozbi, daughter of a Midianite leader, the woman who was killed at the time of the plague in the matter of Peor."