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KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE

Numbers 25:16–17

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¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
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  1. Numbers 31:1–3Rank 1 from verse 17
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    1AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

    2Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.

    3And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the Lord of Midian.

  2. Revelation 18:6Rank 2 from verse 17
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    6Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.

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Numbers 25:16

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spake

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The past tense of speak: uttered or expressed words, addressed someone, or communicated a matter in words.

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Numbers 25:17

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vex

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To trouble, distress, afflict, harass, or oppress.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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smite

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To strike, hit, beat, wound, kill, defeat, destroy, afflict, plague, or bring a forceful blow, judgment, correction, or rebuke upon someone or something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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25:16¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

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25:17Vex the Midianites, and smite them:

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25:18For 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.

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