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2. ISRAEL'S SIN WITH THE DAUGHTERS OF MOAB: PHINEHAS
CHAPTER 25
_ 1. The transgression and the anger of Jehovah (Numbers 25:1)_
2. Phinehas' action (Numbers 25:6)
3. Phinehas and his reward (Numbe...
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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 sin is punished by the _judicial execution_...
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_The zeal of Phinehas, and its reward_. The passage belongs to the
period after the exile, when those only were recognised as priests who
could trace their ancestry through Phinehas, and Eleazar his f...
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B. COMMENDATION OF PHINEHAS vv. 10-15
TEXT
Numbers 25:10. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 11. Phinehas,
the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath
away from the child...
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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 to id...
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THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS
IN THE DESERT
NUMBERS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 25
THE *ISRAELITES *WORSHIP FALSE GODS – NUMBERS 25:1-18
V1 The *Israelites were camping in the valley call
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A PRINCE OF A CHIEF HOUSE AMONG THE SIMEONITES. — Better, _of a
father’s house,_ &c. It is probable that the tribe of Simeon was
deeply implicated in the transgression, and that those who belonged to...
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וְ שֵׁם֩ אִ֨ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל הַ
מֻּכֶּ֗ה אֲשֶׁ
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THE ZEAL OF PHINEHAS AGAINST IMPURITY
Numbers 25:1
Unable to curse Israel directly, Balaam suggested to Balak the device
of destroying the union between Israel and their divine Protector by
enticing...
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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 th...
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_Kindred. Hebrew, "of a chief house among the Simeonites," as Sur was
of equal nobility, "head over a people, and of a chief house in
Madian," ver. 15. (Haydock) --- He is styled king, and one of the...
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The HOLY GHOST is particular in mentioning the names of the
delinquents. It is awful when great names are only recorded, in order
to particularize their greater shame and infamy....
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The successes given to the children of Israel alarmed some of their
neighbours, more particularly Moab; and this gives occasion for a
striking episode in the history which brought to issue as solemn a...
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14._Now the name of the Israelite. _Even as the memory of the just is
blessed, so also it was equitable that the author of this foul sin
should be condemned to perpetual infamy. It appears, however, f...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22, 23, 24, AND 25.
Moab also opposes in vain. Now they are in the plains of Moab, having
only Jordan between them and the land of their rest. But had they a...
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NOW THE NAME OF THE ISRAELITE THAT WAS SLAIN,.... By Phinehas, as
before related:
[EVEN] THAT WAS SLAIN WITH THE MIDIANITISH WOMAN; who was slain also,
both together with one thrust:
WAS ZIMRI, THE...
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Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, [even] that was slain
with the Midianitish woman, [was] Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of
a chief house among the Simeonites.
Ver. 14. _A prince of a c...
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_An everlasting priesthood_ To continue as long as the law and
commonwealth of the Jews did. But this promise was conditional, and
therefore might be made void by the miscarriages of Phinehas's sons,...
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1 Israel at Shittim commit whoredome and Idolatrie.
6 Phinees killeth Zimri and Cozbi.
10 God therefore giueth him an euerlasting Priesthood.
16 The Midianites are to be vexed.
[PHINEHAS KILLETH Z...
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The Zeal of Phinehas....
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Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with
the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief
house, the house of a father, AMONG THE SIMEONITES. The el...
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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 Moab....
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A CHIEF HOUSE:
_ Heb._ house of a father...
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6-15 Phinehas, in the courage of zeal and faith, executed vengeance on
Zimri and Cozbi. This act can never be an example for private revenge,
or religious persecution, or for irregular public vengeanc...
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A PRINCE: this is added as a proof of Phinehas's zeal, that he durst
venture upon so great a person, who was likely to have many avengers
of his blood. OF A CHIEF HOUSE, Heb. _of the house of his fath...
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Here a new scene opens upon our view. We have been on the top of
Pisgah, hearkening to God's testimony respecting Israel, and there all
was bright and fair, without a cloud, without a spot. But now we...
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Numbers 25:14 name H8034 Israelite H376 killed H5221 (H8716) killed
H5221 (H8717) woman H4084 Zimri H2174 son...
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THE MAN AND THE WOMAN ARE IDENTIFIED. BOTH FROM CHIEFTAIN'S HOUSES
(NUMBERS 25:14)
Numbers 25:14
‘Now the name of the man of Israel who was slain, who was slain with
the Midianitish woman, was Zimr...
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CONTENTS: Sin of Israel with daughters of Moab.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Zimri, Phinehas, Cozbi.
CONCLUSION: God's people are more endangered by the charms of a
smiling world than by the terrors of a...
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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 that...
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 25:1 Once again, Israel is unfaithful to the
Lord. However, unlike earlier times when they were unfaithful—at
Sinai (Exodus 25:1) and at Kadesh ...
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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 of I...
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EXPOSITION
THE SIN OF ISRAEL AND ATONEMENT OF PHINEHAS (Numbers 25:1).
NUMBERS 25:1
ABODE IN SHITTIM. For a considerable t
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AND Israel was abiding there in Shittim, and the people began to
commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab. And they called the people
into the sacrifices of their gods (Numbers 25:1-2):
You see the...
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2 Chronicles 19:7; Numbers 1:23; Numbers 26:14; Numbers 25:4; Numbe