17 “Harass the Midʹi·an·ites and strike them down,+ 18 because they have been harassing you with their cunning dealings against you in the affair of Peʹor+ and of Cozʹbi the daughter of a chieftain of Midʹi·an, their sister who was put to death+ in the day of the scourge over the affair of Peʹor.”+

2 The hand of Midʹi·an dominated over Israel.+ Because of Midʹi·an, the Israelites made hiding places* for themselves in the mountains, in the caves, and in the places difficult to approach.+