“Harass the Midianites, and strike them,
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“Harass the Midianites, and strike them;
“Attack the Midianites and strike them dead.
Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
Vex the Midianites, and smite them;
Take up arms against the Midianites and overcome them;
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Matthew Henry · Verses 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 sin.
Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.
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