Numbers 31:2; Revelation 18:6
Numbers 25. In this chapter fragments of two distinct narratives have been united. In the first (from JE), the Israelites sin with Moabite women,...
Vex. Compare Numbers 31 .
17. Vex the Midianites, and smite them. Inasnmch as God constantly forbids His people to take vengeance, it is surprising that the people of...
Vex the Midianites, and smite them: Vex the Midianites, etc. - See this order fulfilled, Numbers 31:1-20 . Twelve thousand Israelites attacked the M...
Vex the Midianites— The Moabites are not named. See Deuteronomy 2:9 . It is not unlikely, that the Midianites had the principal hand in this seduc...
Vex the Midianites, and smite them: Vex the Midianites. They seem to have been the most guilty parties (cf. Numbers 22:4 ; Numbers 31:8 ),...
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...
Vex the Midianites, and smite them. — The Midianites appear to have been joint actors with the Moabites throughout the whole of the opposition whic...
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...
Vex the Midianites, and smite them. Go to war with them, and smite them with the sword; not the Moabites, but the Midianites, though they were both...
Vex the Midianites, and smite them: Ver. 17. Vex the Midianites. ] As more malicious and mischievous than the Moabites; as appears, (1.) By thei...
Vex the Midianites It is probable, from Numbers 25:6 , compared with Numbers 21:16 , that the Midianites had had the principal hand in seducing t...
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...
And why not the Moabites, who were as guilty, Numbers 25:1 ? Answ. 1. Because God will reserve to himself a liberty of punishing or sparing,...
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...
The Midianites — And why not the Moabites. It is probable the Midianites were most guilty, as in persuading Balak to send for Balaam, Numbers 22:4...
17 Vex the Midianites, and smite them: