Numbers 25:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel. ”

Numbers 25:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Joined himself - i. e., by taking part in the sacrificial meals as described in the last verse. Compare Exodus 34:15 ; 1 Corinthians 10:18 . The worship of Baal was attended with the grossest i...
Numbers 25:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Israel (b) joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel. (b) Worshipped the idol of the Moabites, which was in the hill Peor.
Numbers 25:3 - 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 25:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

joined . yoked. Baal-peor. Baal. Lord; Peor was the mountain on which he was worshipped ( Numbers 25:18 ; Joshua 22:17 ). Baal was. Moabitish idol, and those who called ( Numbers 25:2 ) the Isra...
Numbers 25:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. AndIsrael joined himself to Baal-peor. Moses amplifies their crime by this expression, that they bound themselves to the idol in an impious alliance; and thus he alludes to that holy unio...
Numbers 25:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel. Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor - The same as the Priapus of the Romans, and worshipped with the sa...
Numbers 25:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor— See the note on ch. Numbers 21:29 . St. Jerome informs us, that Baal-peor was the same as the Greek and Roman Priapus; that this idol was like that of Priap...
Numbers 25:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel. Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor. Baal was a general name for 'lord,' and Peor either for a...
Numbers 25:3 - 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 25:3 - 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 25:3 - 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 25:3 - 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 25:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It is supposed, and with great appearance of truth, that commerce with the women formed a part of the idolatrous worship of the Moabites. So that while Israel was giving themselves up to their lust i...
Numbers 25:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor ,.... The name of an idol; one of the Baals, Baal being a general name for an idol; and, to distinguish this from other Baals or idols, it was called Peor, ei...
Numbers 25:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel. Ver. 3. Joined himself to Baalpeor. ] Separated himself to that shame, Hos 9:10 that abominable and s...
Numbers 25:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joined himself The word implies a forsaking God, to whom they were joined, and a turning to, and strict conjunction with, this false god. Baal-peor Called Baal, by the name common to many false g...
Numbers 25:3 - 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 25:3 - 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 25:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Joined himself; the word implies a forsaking of God, to whom they were and should have been joined, and a turning to, embracing of, strict conjunction with, and fervent affection after, this false...
Numbers 25:3 - 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 25:3 - 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 25:3 - Scofield Reference Notes

Baal-peor Or, Baal of Peor. See ( Numbers 23:28 ).
Numbers 25:3 - 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 25:3 - 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 25:3 - 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 25:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Sin and its Punishment.
Numbers 25:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 4:3 ; Deuteronomy 4:4 ; Hosea 9:10 ; Jeremiah 17:4 ; Joshua 22:17 ; Judges 2:14 ; Judges 2:20 ; Numbers 25:5 ; Psalms 106:28 ; Psalms 106:29 ; Psalms 90:11
Numbers 25:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Joined himself — The word implies a forsaking God to whom they were joined and a turning to, and strict conjunction with, this false God. Baal — peor — Called Baal, by the name common to many false...

Numbers 25:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Numbers 25:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Numbers 25:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 25:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Numbers 25:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 25:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 25:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Numbers 25:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 25:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 25:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 25:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Numbers 25:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 25:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 25:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 25:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Numbers 25:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 25:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 25:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 25:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 25:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 25:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 25:3 - Scofield Reference Notes

Numbers 25:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 25:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 25:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 25:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 25:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 25:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes