Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Numbers 25:9
Twenty and four thousand - Paul 1 Corinthians 10:8 says “three and twenty thousand,” following probably the Jewish tradition which deducted one thousand as the number slain by the hands of their brethren.
Twenty and four thousand - Paul 1 Corinthians 10:8 says “three and twenty thousand,” following probably the Jewish tradition which deducted one thousand as the number slain by the hands of their brethren.
Verse Numbers 25:9. _THOSE THAT DIED - WERE TWENTY AND FOUR THOUSAND._] St. Paul, 1 Corinthians 10:8, reckons only _twenty-three_ thousand; though some MSS. and versions, particularly the latter _Syr...
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...
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_...
TWENTY AND FOUR THOUSAND. This includes the 1,000 previously "hanged" (verses:Numbers 25:4; Numbers 25:4; Numbers 25:5), as well as those who died of the "plague". These must have been 23,000 of...
_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...
_twenty and four thousand_ S. Paul uses the narrative as a warning to Christians (1 Corinthians 10:8). Either by a slip of memory or owing to a variant reading he gives the number as _three_and twenty...
THOSE THAT DIED IN THE PLAGUE WERE TWENTY AND FOUR THOUSAND— St. Paul mentions only _twenty and three thousand,_ who, he says, _fell in one day._ 1 Corinthians 10:8. See Whitby on the place. But we ob...
II. IN MOAB (NUMBERS 25; NUMBERS 26; NUMBERS 27) A. GRAVE SINS WITH THE MOABITES (Numbers 25:1-9) TEXT...
_AND THOSE THAT DIED IN THE PLAGUE WERE TWENTY AND FOUR THOUSAND._ Those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand. Only 23,000 perished (1 Corinthians 10:8) from pestilence. Moses includ...
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...
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
TWENTY AND FOUR THOUSAND. — In 1 Corinthians 10:8 the number of those who “fell in one day” is said to have been “three and twenty thousand.” It has been supposed that a thousand were put to death by...
וַ יִּהְי֕וּ הַ מֵּתִ֖ים בַּ † מַּגֵּפָ֑ה...
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...
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...
_Slain. Hebrew adds, "in the plague," or pestilence sent by God, (Psalm cv. 29,) and in the punishments inflicted by the judges, "twenty and four thousand." (Haydock) --- The tribe of Simeon, lying to...
The apostle to the Corinthians, counts three and twenty thousand. Probably the slaughter of the Judges made them both added together four and twenty thousand. Compare 1 Corinthians 10:8, with this ver...
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...
9._And those that died in the plague. _Paul, when he says that only twenty-three thousand died, appears to differ from Moses; but we know that the exact account of numbers is not always observed, and...
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...
AND THOSE THAT DIED IN THE PLAGUE WERE TWENTY AND FOUR THOUSAND. The apostle says 23,000 1 Corinthians 10:8. Moses includes those that were hanged against the sun, in the time of the plague, as well a...
_And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand._ Ver. 9. _Twenty and four thousand._] Twenty and three thousand, saith St Paul, 1Co 10:8 insisting only in the special punishment of...
_Twenty and four thousand_ St. Paul mentions only _twenty and three thousand_, who, he says, fell in one day, 1 Corinthians 10:8. But it seems that one thousand were slain by the judges, (Numbers 25:5...
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...
The Zeal of Phinehas....
And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand, including the heads and those that were put to death by the judges, 1 Corinthians 10:8....
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....
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...
OBJECT. They were but 23,000, 1 CORINTHIANS 10:8. ANSW. The odd thousand here added were slain by the judges according to the order of Moses, the rest by the immediate hand of God, but both sorts died...
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...
Numbers 25:9 died H4191 (H8801) plague H4046 twenty-four H6242 H702 thousand H505 Numbers 2
‘And those that died by the plague were twenty and four thousand.' And the number who died in the plague were the equivalent of twenty four larger families. These deaths would probably occur over a pe...
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...
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...
_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) Spiritual fo...
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 ...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 25:9 A large number of people died because of the PLAGUE. This parallels the plagues at Sinai and Kadesh (Exodus 32:35;...
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...
EXPOSITION THE SIN OF ISRAEL AND ATONEMENT OF PHINEHAS (Numbers 25:1). NUMBERS 25:1 ABODE IN SHITTIM. For a considerable t
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...
1 Corinthians 10:8; Deuteronomy 4:3; Deuteronomy 4:4; Numbers 16:49;...
Twenty four thousand — St. Paul says twenty three thousand, 1 Corinthians 10:8. The odd thousand here added were slain by the Judges according to the order of Moses, the rest by the immediate hand of...
Why does this verse say that 24,000 died when 1 Corinthians 10:8 offers a different number? PROBLEM: The incident at Baal-Peor resulted in God’s judgment upon Israel, and, according to Numbers 25:9,Nu...