Numbers 25:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel. ”

Numbers 25:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Into the tent - The inner recess in the tent, fashioned archwise, and appropriated as the sleeping-chamber and women’s apartment.
Numbers 25:8 - 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 25:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

tent. Hebrew. kubbah, . high and vaulted pleasure tent, used in the worship of Baal. Occurs only here. belly. Hebrew. kobah, the part between the ribs, and loins. Occurs only here, for the Fi...
Numbers 25:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel. Thrust bo...
Numbers 25:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

When Phinehas, the son of Eleazar—saw it, &c.— Phinehas was a man of great authority, being next to the high priest, whom he succeeded in office. Warmed with a religious zeal at this insolent a...
Numbers 25:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel. W...
Numbers 25:8 - 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 25:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Into the tent. — The word k ubbah (tent, or alcove) occurs only in this place. The reference may be to the inner part of the ordinary tent which was occupied by the women; or it may denote an arch...
Numbers 25:8 - 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 25:8 - 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 25:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What a lovely view is here afforded of Phinehas? How ought it to have endeared him to the congregation? How hath it endeared his name in the church! The psalmist recorded the memorable and holy zeal...
Numbers 25:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he went after the man of Israel into the tent ,.... Into which he went with his harlot; the word here used is different from what is commonly used for a tent: Aben Ezra observes that in the Keda...
Numbers 25:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel. Ver. 8....
Numbers 25:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thrust them both through Phinehas was himself a man in great authority, and did this after the command given by Moses to the rulers to slay these transgressors, and in the very sight, and no doubt...
Numbers 25:8 - 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 25:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Zeal of Phinehas. B. C. 1452. 6 And, behold, one of the children of Israel came an...
Numbers 25:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Into the tent, or brothel house ; for since they gave way to such lewd practices, no doubt they singled out convenient places for their wickedness. Thrust both of them through; which is no warra...
Numbers 25:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Phinehas, Son of Eleazar, Slays the Chieftain and The Woman ( Numbers 25:7-8 a). Numbers 25:7-8 a ‘And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from...
Numbers 25:8 - 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 25:8 - 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 25:8 - 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 25:8 - 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 25:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Zeal of Phinehas.
Numbers 25:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 21:22 ; 2 Samuel 24:25 ; Numbers 16:46-48 ; Numbers 25:11 ; Numbers 25:5 ; Psalms 106:29-31
Numbers 25:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Thrust them thro' — Phineas was himself a man in great authority, and did this after the command given by Moses to the rulers to slay these transgressors, and in the very sight, and no doubt by the...

Numbers 25:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Numbers 25:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 25:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Numbers 25:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 25:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Numbers 25:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 25:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 25:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Numbers 25:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Numbers 25:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 25:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 25:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 25:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Numbers 25:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 25:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 25:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 25:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 25:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 25:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 25:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 25:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 25:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 25:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 25:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 25:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes