Numbers 25:17-18

25:17

Balaam's counsel seems to have been first given to Balak, king of Moab; but probably the Midianitish women, especially of the higher ranks, as Cozbi was, were the principal tempters; and the nation of Midian seems to have come into the execrable measure more generally and heartily than that of Moab: they were therefore first selected to be made examples of, for a warning to the Moabites, who were spared at this time.

25:18

trouble ...... treachery <06887 05231> [vex you.]

deceived <05230> [beguiled.]

killed <05221> [which.]