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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 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....
Idolatry and Immorality of the Israelites at Shittim. The Zeal of Phinehas 1-5. The Israelites, who have just been exhibited as proof against ench...
the Zeal of Phinehas against Impurity Numbers 25:1-18 Unable to curse Israel directly, Balaam suggested to Balak the device of destroying the u...
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...
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 t...
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...
ISRAEL SEDUCED BY MOAB (vs.1-18) God had intervened to bless Israel when Moab was anxious to curse them. How inappropriate and senseless therefor...
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 h...
Numbers 25:16 ‘And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,' Then Yahweh added a further sentence to His judgment. Numbers 25:17-18 ‘Vex the Midianit...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Numbers 25:1 . Shittim . An abbreviation of Abel-Shittim, “the meadow of the acacias.” It was situated in the plain...
Numbers 25:1 . The people began to commit whoredom. Balaam stands accused of being the adviser of this intercourse with the Israelites. These illi...
EXPOSITION THE SIN OF ISRAEL AND ATONEMENT OF PHINEHAS ( Numbers 25:1-4 ). Numbers 25:1 Abode in Shittim. For a consider...
Numbers 25:16
16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,