“For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor’s sake.”
For they have harassed you with their wiles by which they beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the Midianite leader, who was killed on the day of the plague because of Peor — The final verse recaps the Midianite threat and its instrument (Cozbi), naming again the false deity (Peor) that nearly destroyed the congregation. The Midianites deliberately used seduction as spiritual warfare. This closing indictment explains the subsequent command to warfare: Midian's hostility toward Israel is covenant-violation made flesh. The second generation prepares for a land where such threats will be eliminated.
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