Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, {that} they returned, and corrupted {themselves} more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way. {corrupted...: or, were corrupt} {ceased...: Heb. let nothing fall of their}

And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain {was} Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he {was} head over a people, {and} of a chief house in Midian.

But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:

And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.

They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:

But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;

And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.

I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: {and} the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble. {Cushan: or, Ethiopia} {in...: or, under affliction, or, vanity}

And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:

And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years. {did evil...: Heb. added to commit, etc}

And they shall build houses, and inhabit {them}; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty {pieces} of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.

For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian. {For...: or, When thou brakest}

When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house: {in: or, toward}

And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.

And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save {thee}.

According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.

Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.

But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.

And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.

And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.

Thine ox {shall be} slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass {shall be} violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep {shall be} given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue {them}. {shall not...: Heb. shall not return to thee}

Therefore it shall come to pass, {that} as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him.

And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.