Numbers 25:17

Verse 17. Madianites. God spared the Moabites for the sake of Lot (Deuteronomy 2:19,) and of Ruth, of whom David and Christ should be born. They were perhaps less guilty, but they did not escape due chastisement under David, 2 Kennicott. 8:2. Menochius.—The war against Madian was the last which the Hebrews waged in the lifetime of Moses. Calmet. 31. Bible.