So Moses said to the people, "Get ready for war, so that you can attack Midian and punish them for what they did to the LORD.

"Attack the Midianites and destroy them,

because of the evil they did to you when they deceived you at Peor, and because of Cozbi, who was killed at the time of the epidemic at Peor."

The LORD will take revenge and punish them; the time will come when they will fall; the day of their doom is near.

They were enjoying themselves, and so they said, "Call Samson, and let's make him entertain us!" When they brought Samson out of the prison, they made him entertain them and made him stand between the columns. When the people saw him, they sang praise to their god: "Our god has given us victory over our enemy, who devastated our land and killed so many of us!"

Then Samson prayed, "Sovereign LORD, please remember me; please, God, give me my strength just this one time more, so that with this one blow I can get even with the Philistines for putting out my two eyes."

and shouted, "Let me die with the Philistines!" He pushed with all his might, and the building fell down on the five kings and everyone else. Samson killed more people at his death than he had killed during his life.

LORD, you are a God who punishes; reveal your anger!

How much longer will the wicked be glad? How much longer, LORD?

So now, listen to what the LORD Almighty, Israel's powerful God, is saying: "I will take revenge on you, my enemies, and you will cause me no more trouble.

The LORD God tolerates no rivals; he punishes those who oppose him. In his anger he pays them back.

For those will be 'The Days of Punishment,' to make come true all that the Scriptures say.

Never take revenge, my friends, but instead let God's anger do it. For the scripture says, "I will take revenge, I will pay back, says the Lord."

because they are God's servants working for your own good. But if you do evil, then be afraid of them, because their power to punish is real. They are God's servants and carry out God's punishment on those who do evil.

In this matter, then, none of you should do wrong to other Christians or take advantage of them. We have told you this before, and we strongly warned you that the Lord will punish those who do that.

For we know who said, "I will take revenge, I will repay"; and who also said, "The Lord will judge his people."

They shouted in a loud voice, "Almighty Lord, holy and true! How long will it be until you judge the people on earth and punish them for killing us?"

Be glad, heaven, because of her destruction! Be glad, God's people and the apostles and prophets! For God has condemned her for what she did to you!

True and just are his judgments! He has condemned the prostitute who was corrupting the earth with her immorality. God has punished her because she killed his servants."

One of the Israelites took a Midianite woman into his tent in the sight of Moses and the whole community, while they were mourning at the entrance of the Tent of the LORD's presence.

The name of the Israelite who was killed with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the head of a family in the tribe of Simeon.

The LORD commanded Moses,

because of the evil they did to you when they deceived you at Peor, and because of Cozbi, who was killed at the time of the epidemic at Peor."

Abraham married another woman, whose name was Keturah.

Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan, and the descendants of Dedan were the Asshurim, the Letushim, and the Leummim.

(SEE 2:15)

After you have seen it, you will die, as your brother Aaron did,

You yourself will live to a ripe old age, die in peace, and be buried.

(SEE 25:7)

Ishmael was 137 years old when he died.

That whole generation also died, and the next generation forgot the LORD and what he had done for Israel.

For David served God's purposes in his own time, and then he died, was buried with his ancestors, and his body rotted in the grave.