these. Compare Numbers 25:2.
counsel. word, or doctrine (Revelation 2:14).
trespass. Hebrew. ma'al. Compare App-44.
Related Commentaries of Numbers 31:16
Numbers 31:16
16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.