Numbers 31:16 meaning and explanation
“Look, these women caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to turn unfaithfully against the LORD at Peor, so that the plague struck the congregation of the LORD.
Numbers 31:16, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
Moses is speaking to the army officers who returned from the campaign against Midian. He explains why the women should not have been spared by pointing back to Peor, where Midianite women, at Balaam's counsel, drew Israel into the worship of Baal and sexual immorality, and a plague struck the people (Numbers 25).
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