Numbers 25:16

16 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

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 struck with the Midianite woman [was] Zimri son of Salu, a leader of {the family} of the Simeonites.

15 The name of the Midianite woman who was struck [was] Cozbi daughter of Zur, {a leader} of [a] tribe of {the family} in Midian.

16 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

17 "Attack the Midianites and strike them

18 because they [were] attacking you with their deception, [with] which they have deceived you on the matter of Peor and on the matter of Cozbi the daughter of the leader of Midian, their sister who was struck on the day of the plague because of the matter of Peor."