Numbers 25:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. ”

Numbers 25:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And they called - i. e., “the daughters of Moab called.”
Numbers 25:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Numbers 25:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

they: i.e. the daughters of Moab. their. Feminine pronoun.
Numbers 25:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
Numbers 25:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Israel abode in Shittim, &c.— A place in the plains of Moab, where they were before encamped. It is called Abel-Shittim, ch. Numbers 33:49 i.e. the mourning of Shittim; probably on accoun...
Numbers 25:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. They called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods, х 'ªloheeyhen...
Numbers 25:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Numbers 25:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And they called the people... — The Moabitish women invited the Israelites to their sacrificial feasts, which were celebrated in honour of Baal-peor, who was worshipped in the city of Beth-peor ( D...
Numbers 25:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE MATTER OF BAAL-PEOR Numbers 24:10-25 ; Numbers 25:1-18 THE last oracle of Balaam, as we have it, ventures into far more explicit predictions than the others, and passes beyond the range of...
Numbers 25:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Numbers 25:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Numbers 25:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Observe, the temptation is first to the body, and next to the soul. The Moabites first decoy Israel to bodily fornication, and then to spiritual. Alas! how speedily is the transition made, from bodil...
Numbers 25:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods ,.... That is, the daughters of Moab and Midian, with whom the children of Israel carried on an unlawful correspondence, invited them, th...
Numbers 25:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. Ver. 2. Unto the sacrifices of their gods. ] Unto their idol feasts; for Sine c...
Numbers 25:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They called The Moabites, being now neighbours to the Israelites, and finding themselves unable to effect their design by war and divination, fell another way to work, by contracting familiarity wi...
Numbers 25:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Numbers 25:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sin of Israel. B. C. 1452. 1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to co...
Numbers 25:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They called the people: this may be noted, either, 1. As the consequent of their whoredom, an invitation to further society in their sacred feasts; or rather, 2. As the cause or occasion of the...
Numbers 25:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Chapter 25 Israel Are Lured Into Sin By The Moabites and Midianites. 4). The Defeat of the Evil Influence of Moab ( Numbers 25:1-18 ). It is noteworthy that just as the glorious revelation on M...
Numbers 25:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 25:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Numbers 25:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

The people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab. The sin of Israel at Shittim, and the judgment of God I. The sin of the Israelites at Shittim. 1. The sin itself. (1) Spiri...
Numbers 25:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 25:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Sin and its Punishment.
Numbers 25:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 10:20 ; 1 Corinthians 10:27 ; 1 Corinthians 10:28 ; 1 Kings 11:1-8 ; 1 Kings 19:18 ; 2 Corinthians 6:16 ; 2 Corinthians 6:17 ; Exodus 20:5 ; Exodus 23:24 ; Exodus 34:15 ; Exo...
Numbers 25:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

They — The Moabites being now neighbours to the Israelites, and finding themselves unable to effect their design by war and witchcraft, fell another way to work, by contracting familiarity with the...

Numbers 25:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Numbers 25:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 25:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Numbers 25:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 25:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Numbers 25:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 25:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 25:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Numbers 25:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 25:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Numbers 25:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 25:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 25:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 25:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Numbers 25:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 25:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 25:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 25:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 25:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 25:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 25:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 25:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 25:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 25:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 25:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 25:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes