“ Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace: ”
My covenant of peace - Equivalent to “the covenant of My peace.” God established with Phinehas in particular that covenant which He had made generally with all his people; and among its blessings...
Numbers 25. In this chapter fragments of two distinct narratives have been united. In the first (from JE), the Israelites sin with Moabite women, and the sin is punished by the judicial executio...
DISCOURSE: 177 PHINEHAS REWARDED FOR HIS ZEAL Numbers 25:10-13 . And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from t...
Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace: My covenant of peace - of an everlasting priesthood - As the word peace implied all kinds of blessings, both spiritual and temporal, it ma...
Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, &c.— God, in reward of the undissembled zeal of Phinehas, confirmed to him the right he had of succeeding to Eleazar, as his son, in the office of the priesthood;...
Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace: No JFB commentary on these verses.
Idolatry and Immorality of the Israelites at Shittim. The Zeal of Phinehas 1-5. The Israelites, who have just been exhibited as proof against enchantments, are not able to resist the temptations t...
My covenant of peace. — Phinehas, as one who was zealous for the honour of God and of the house of the Lord, was a fitting type of Christ, in whom the prediction of the Psalmist received its accomp...
the Zeal of Phinehas against Impurity Numbers 25:1-18 Unable to curse Israel directly, Balaam suggested to Balak the device of destroying the union between Israel and their divine Protector by...
The influence of Balaam is revealed in what is now recorded. The words of Jesus in His letter to the Church at Pergamum, quoted in our last note, are closely connected with the statement with which t...
We here plainly behold the outlines of him, who hath indeed an everlasting priesthood, and in whom, no doubt, Phinehas's zeal was accepted. Hebrews 7:16-17 .
Wherefore say ,.... Moses is bid to tell what follows to Phinehas himself, for his comfort and encouragement, and to the people of Israel, that they might take notice of it, and give him honour and...
My covenant of peace That is, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood, as it is expounded Numbers 25:13 , which is called a covenant of peace, partly with respect to the happy effect of this her...
ISRAEL SEDUCED BY MOAB (vs.1-18) God had intervened to bless Israel when Moab was anxious to curse them. How inappropriate and senseless therefore was the harlotry of the men with the women of Mo...
The Zeal of Phinehas. B. C. 1452. 6 And, behold, one of the children of Israel came an...
i.e. The covenant of an everlasting priesthood , as it is expounded, Numbers 25:13 , which is called a covenant of peace, partly with respect to the happy effect of this heroical action of his, w...
As A Result of His Action Phinehas Was Confirmed In The Priesthood ( Numbers 25:10-13 ). Numbers 25:10 ‘And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the p...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Numbers 25:1 . Shittim . An abbreviation of Abel-Shittim, “the meadow of the acacias.” It was situated in the plains of Moab, at the northern extremity of the camp o...
Numbers 25:1 . The people began to commit whoredom. Balaam stands accused of being the adviser of this intercourse with the Israelites. These illicit practices prepared the way for the feast, so t...
Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned My wrath away. .. because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel Godly zeal We can...
EXPOSITION THE SIN OF ISRAEL AND ATONEMENT OF PHINEHAS ( Numbers 25:1-4 ). Numbers 25:1 Abode in Shittim. For a considerable time; from their first arrival in the Arboth...
The Zeal of Phinehas.
Malachi 2:4 ; Malachi 2:5 ; Malachi 3:1 ; Numbers 13:29
My covenant of peace — That is, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood, as it is expounded, Numbers 25:13 , which is called a covenant of peace, partly with respect to the happy effect of this...