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TAKE - i. e., assemble the chiefs of the people to thee (compare the
phrase “took men,” in Numbers 16:1). The offenders were to be
first; slain by the hands of “the judges of Israel” Numbers 25:5,
and...
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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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SAID. See note on Numbers 3:40.
HEADS: i.e. chiefs or princes of the People. The number not stated
here, but must have been 1,000, and included in the 24,000 of Numbers
25:9, and excluded in 1 Corinth...
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The Israelites sinned with the women of Moab, and were invited by them
to the sacrificial feasts of the local god (J E). 6 15. An Israelite
brought a Midianite woman into the camp, and Phinehas, for h...
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_hang them up_ i.e. the offenders, not the chiefs. The form of
execution denoted by the Heb. word is uncertain. It is the causative
(Hiphil) form of the verb used of the dislocation of Jacob's thigh
...
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TAKE ALL THE HEADS OF THE PEOPLE, &C.— The next verse very fully
explains what is meant by this expression; namely, all those who had
joined themselves unto Baal-peor: others, however, would interpret...
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II. IN MOAB (NUMBERS 25; NUMBERS 26; NUMBERS 27)
A. GRAVE SINS WITH THE MOABITES (Numbers 25:1-9)
TEXT...
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_AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, TAKE ALL THE HEADS OF THE PEOPLE, AND
HANG THEM UP BEFORE THE LORD AGAINST THE SUN, THAT THE FIERCE ANGER OF
THE LORD MAY BE TURNED AWAY FROM ISRAEL._
Take all the head...
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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 HEADS] the ringleaders. HANG THEM UP] Some shameful form of
execution, followed by impalement: see on Deuteronomy 21:22.
6-18. The zeal of Phinehas in slaying with his own hand an Israelite
and hi...
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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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TAKE ALL THE HEADS OF THE PEOPLE. — The “heads” or “chiefs”
of the people seem to be identical with the “judges” of the
following verse. Some understand by “all the heads” those only who
had been the...
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וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל ־מֹשֶׁ֗ה קַ֚ח
אֶת
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THE MATTER OF BAAL-PEOR
Numbers 24:10; Numbers 25:1
THE last oracle of Balaam, as we have it, ventures into far more
explicit predictions than the others, and passes beyond the range of
Hebrew histor...
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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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And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and
hang them up before the LORD (c) against the sun, that the fierce
anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.
(c) Openly in t...
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People. Assemble the judges, and by their sentence, hang them who have
been most guilty. (Onkelos) --- If any of the judges, or princes
themselves, have gone astray, let them not be spared. (Haydock)...
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What an awful visitation is implied in these verses! For I would have
the Reader remark, that nothing more is said of it, than it is the
fierce anger of the LORD; and the dreadful effects are mentione...
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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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4._And the Lord said unto Moses. _We have often seen before how God
executed His judgments by His own hand, as if He put it forth from
heaven; He now imposes this office on Moses, although it is evide...
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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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AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES,.... Being provoked with the sins of the
people, he called to him out of the tabernacle, or out of the cloud:
TAKE ALL THE HEADS OF THE PEOPLE, the princes of the tribes,...
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_And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and
hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of
the LORD may be turned away from Israel._
Ver. 4. _Take all...
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_Take_ That is, apprehend; _all the heads_ (or chief) _of the people _
Such as were chief in this transgression, and in place and power.
These are singled out to this exemplary punishment for their
co...
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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 Sin and its Punishment....
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And the Lord said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, either
because they themselves were leaders in the transgression or because
they neglected their responsibility of hindering the spread...
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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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1-5 The friendship of the wicked is more dangerous than their enmity;
for none can prevail against God's people if they are not overcome by
their inbred lusts; nor can any enchantment hurt them, but...
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The sense is, either, 1. TAKE, to wit. to thyself and thy assistance,
ALL THE HEADS, i.e. the judges, as they are called NUMBERS 25:5, or
rulers, OF THE PEOPLE; and in their presence, and by their hel...
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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 25:4 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) Moses H4872 Take H3947
(H8798) leaders H7218 people H5971 hang...
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CHAPTER 25 ISRAEL ARE LURED INTO SIN BY THE MOABITES AND MIDIANITES.
4). The Defeat of the Evil Influence of Moab (Numbers 25:1).
It is noteworthy that just as the glorious revelation on Mount Sinai...
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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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_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...
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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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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 25:4 THE FIERCE ANGER OF THE LORD. Drastic
action was the only way to stop the BAAL worship and the prostitution
that went with it. hang
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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 Samuel 21:6; 2 Samuel 21:9; Deuteronomy 13:13; Deuteronomy 13:15;...
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Take all the heads — Take, that is, apprehend, all the heads, that
is, the chief, of the people, such as were chief in this
transgression, and in place and power, who are singled out to this
exemplary...