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New Living Translation

Numbers 25:16

Then the Lord said to Moses,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Midianites;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Idol, Idolatry;   Midianites;   Moabites;   Phinehas;   Simeon;   Zur;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Midian;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Cozbi;   Moab;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Midian, Midianites;   Numbers, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Moses;   Numbers, Book of;   Phinehas;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Midian, Midianites ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Balaam;   Midian;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Baal;   Shittim;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ba'al,;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cozbi;   Midianitish Woman;   Murder;   Phinehas;   Zimri (1);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Cozbi;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD spoke to Moshe, saying,
King James Version
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Lexham English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
English Standard Version
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
New Century Version
The Lord said to Moses,
New English Translation
Then the Lord spoke to Moses:
Amplified Bible
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Againe ye Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Contemporary English Version
The Lord told Moses,
Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai said to Moshe,
Darby Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord said to Moses,
George Lamsa Translation
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Good News Translation
The Lord commanded Moses,
Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord told Moses:
Literal Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the LORDE spake vnto Moses, & sayde:
American Standard Version
And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Bible in Basic English
Then the Lord said to Moses,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
King James Version (1611)
And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the children of Israel, saying,
English Revised Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
And the LORD said to Moses,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord spak to Moises and seide,
Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
Update Bible Version
And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
World English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
New King James Version
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
New Life Bible
The Lord said to Moses,
New Revised Standard
The Lord said to Moses,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Yahweh spake unto Moses saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Revised Standard Version
And the LORD said to Moses,
THE MESSAGE
God spoke to Moses: "From here on make the Midianites your enemies. Fight them tooth and nail. 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."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Contextual Overview

16 Then the Lord said to Moses, 17 "Attack the Midianites and destroy them, 18 because they assaulted you with deceit and tricked you into worshiping Baal of Peor, and because of Cozbi, the daughter of a Midianite leader, who was killed at the time of the plague because of what happened at Peor."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 17:20
As for Ishmael, I will bless him also, just as you have asked. I will make him extremely fruitful and multiply his descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.
Genesis 17:23
On that very day Abraham took his son, Ishmael, and every male in his household, including those born there and those he had bought. Then he circumcised them, cutting off their foreskins, just as God had told him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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:

saying; as follows.


 
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