Numbers 25:16 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

God is about to give Moses important instructions after the serious events that just happened with Israel.

📚 Historical Context

This verse comes immediately after the incident at Baal-peor, where Israelite men were seduced into worshiping false gods and committing immorality with Moabite women, leading to God's judgment through a plague. The previous verses described how Phinehas zealously defended God's honor by stopping the sin, which ended the plague that had killed 24,000 people.

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