The Lord then told Moses to wage war against the Midianites<span>: “Treat the </span>Midianites<span> as enemies and kill them. They treated you as enemies when they deceived you in the Peor incident involving their sister Kozbi, the daughter of a </span>Midianite<span> leader” (Numbers 25:17–19). The </span>Israelites did<span>eventually attack the </span><span>Midianites</span>
