¹⁵ And the name of the Midianite woman who was put to death was Kozbi^(A) daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.^(B)

¹⁶ The Lord said to Moses,^{(C) 17} “Treat the Midianites^(D) as enemies^(E) and kill them.^{(F) 18} They treated you as enemies when they deceived you in the Peor incident^(G) involving their sister Kozbi, the daughter of a Midianite leader, the woman who was killed when the plague came as a result of that incident.”

Vengeance on the Midianites

31 The Lord said to Moses, ² “Take vengeance on the Midianites^(A) for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.^(B)”

³ So Moses said to the people, “Arm some of your men to go to war against the Midianites so that they may carry out the Lord’s vengeance^(C) on them.

¹¹ Then the Israelites did evil^(A) in the eyes of the Lord^(B) and served the Baals.^(C)

¹⁹ But when the judge died, the people returned to ways even more corrupt^(A) than those of their ancestors,^(B) following other gods and serving and worshiping them.^(C) They refused to give up their evil practices and stubborn^(D) ways.