“ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ”
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...
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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. 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...
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...
If we take this precept spiritually, it teaches that we are not to spare, nor suffer our eye to pity any, however dear or near to us in nature, who tempt us from our GOD. Deuteronomy 13:6-11 .
And the Lord spake unto Moses ,.... This was some time after the above affair happened; how long it was is not certain; and a little time before the death of Moses, see Numbers 31:1 : saying ; as...
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...
16 And the L ORD spake unto Moses, saying, 17 Vex the Midianites, and smite them: 18 For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the...
No text from Poole on this verse.
Numbers 25:16 ‘And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,' Then Yahweh added a further sentence to His judgment. Numbers 25:17-18 ‘Vex the Midianites, and smite them, for they vex you with their wi...
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...
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...
Numbers 25:16