Numbers 31:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD. ”

Numbers 31:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Caused ... to commit trespass - More literally, “became to the children of Israel for a cause (or, incitement) of treachery to the Lord.”
Numbers 31:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD (f) in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD....
Numbers 31:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Extermination of the Midianites. This story of a war of extermination, waged to avenge the wiles practised on Israel by Midian (as described in Numbers 25:6-15 ) is marked by various fanciful...
Numbers 31:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

these. Compare Numbers 25:2 . counsel . word, or doctrine ( Revelation 2:14 ). trespass . Hebrew. ma'al. Compare App-44.
Numbers 31:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.
Numbers 31:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Through the counsel of Balaam— We have, in the course of the former Chapter s, spoken of this evil counsel. As the Moabites and Midianites, strongly infected with the ideas of local and tutelary...
Numbers 31:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? No JFB commentary on these verses.
Numbers 31:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

War against Midian This chapter contains an account of the fulfilment of the decree of extermination passed upon the Midianites as being the occasion of Israel's apostasy in the plains of Moab: se...
Numbers 31:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

WAR AND SETTLEMENT 1. THE WAR WITH MIDIAN Numbers 31:1-54 THE command to vex and smite the Midianites Numbers 25:16-17 has already been considered. Israel had not the spiritual power which w...
Numbers 31:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Destruction of the Midianites Numbers 31:1-20 In reading such a chapter as this we must remember that the Bible is the history of the slow advance of a nation toward the knowledge of God, a...
Numbers 31:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have the story of the end of Balaam. It took place in connection with a war directly resulting from the sin of the people committed through the influence of Balaam. They had corrupted the nat...
Numbers 31:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It is truly interesting to see the zeal of the faithful. How jealous for the honour of GOD was Moses? In regarding the LORD'S glory, he passeth by all lesser considerations. Angels burn with an holy...
Numbers 31:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam ,.... Who advised the Midianites to send their women into the camp of Israel, and allure them to uncleanness, and so draw t...
Numbers 31:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Through the counsel of Balaam Since the Moabites and their associates were taught by Balaam to acknowledge Jehovah to be a very powerful deity, even superior to the gods of other nations, ( Numbers...
Numbers 31:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

VENGEANCE ON MIDIAN (vs.1-11) The Midianites had been guilty of seducing Israel, and God required that account to be settled. This was the last charge laid upon Moses before his death (v.2). His...
Numbers 31:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. 14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the cap...
Numbers 31:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Numbers 31:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

(i) The Sentence Passed and Carried Out on the Local Midianites ( Numbers 31:1-24 ). Analysis. a The command to avenge Yahweh on Midian ( Numbers 31:1-6 ). b The judgment of Yahweh in the def...
Numbers 31:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Moses had already received command to smite the Midianites ( Numbers 25:16-18 ); and in this chapter we have the order given to him to execute that command, and the na...
Numbers 31:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 31:2 . Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites. If it were just to cut off twenty four thousand of the Israelites for the awful feast, apostasy, and fornication at Baal-peor, it wa...
Numbers 31:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

The counsel of Balaam. The counsel of Balaam It would seem, then, that this people that was to “dwell alone and not be reckoned among the nations” had not dwelt alone; and that one man, at leas...
Numbers 31:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Manner of Dealing with the Captives
Numbers 31:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Peter 2:15 ; Deuteronomy 4:3 ; Ecclesiastes 7:26 ; Joshua 22:17 ; Numbers 24:14 ; Numbers 25:1-3 ; Numbers 25:18 ; Numbers 25:9 ; Proverbs 23:27 ; Revelation 2:14

Numbers 31:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Numbers 31:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Numbers 31:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 31:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Numbers 31:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 31:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Numbers 31:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 31:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 31:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 31:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Numbers 31:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 31:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 31:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 31:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 31:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 31:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 31:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 31:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 31:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 31:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 31:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 31:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 31:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge