Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
Vex the Midianites, and smite them;
Take up arms against the Midianites and overcome them;
Distress the Midianites, and smite them:
"Harass the Midianites, and strike them;
Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
Vex the Midianites, etc. - See this order fulfilled, Numbers 31:1-20. Twelve thousand Israelites attacked the Midianites, destroyed all their cities, slew their five kings, every male, and every grown up woman, and took all their spoils.
25:17 The Midianites - And why not the Moabites. It is probable the Midianites were most guilty, as in persuading Balak to send for Balaam, Numbers 22:4 ,7.So in the reception of Balaam after Balak had dismissed him, Numbers 31:8 , and in farther consultation with him, and in contrivingthe means for the executing of this wicked plot.