Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Numbers 25:1
And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the (a) daughters of Moab.
(a) With the women.
And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the (a) daughters of Moab.
(a) With the women.
CHAPTER XXV _While Israel abode in Shittim the people commit whoredom with_ _the daughters of Moab_, 1. _They become idolaters_, 2. _The anger of the Lord is kindled against them, and he commands_...
The records of the neighboring cities of the plain, and the circumstances of the origin of Moab (Genesis 19:30 ff) suggest that the people among whom Israel was now thrown were more than ordinarily li...
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_...
ABODE: i.e. till after Moses' death. Compare Joshua 2:1; Joshua 3:1, and see Micah 6:5. SHITTIM. Called Abel-shittim in Numbers 33:49. WITH.
_abode in Shittim_ The name has the definite article, and means -the Acacias." The site is uncertain, but it lay somewhere in the steppes of Moab. The full form Abel-Shittim occurs in Numbers 33:49. I...
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...
ISRAEL ABODE IN SHITTIM, &C.— A place in the plains of Moab, where they were before encamped. It is called _Abel-Shittim,_ ch. Numbers 33:49 i.e. _the mourning of Shittim;_ probably on account of the...
II. IN MOAB (NUMBERS 25; NUMBERS 26; NUMBERS 27) A. GRAVE SINS WITH THE MOABITES (Numbers 25:1-9) TEXT...
_AND ISRAEL ABODE IN SHITTIM, AND THE PEOPLE BEGAN TO COMMIT WHOREDOM WITH THE DAUGHTERS OF MOAB._ ISRAEL ABODE IN SHITTIM х_ BA-SHITIYM_ (H7851)] - always with the article prefixed (Joshua 2:1; Joshu...
SHITTIM] ('the acacias') is the name of the encampment in the plains of Moab: see Numbers 33:49 and cp. Joshua 2:1....
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
XXV. (1) ABODE IN SHITTIM — i.e., _Abel-Shittim_ (Numbers 33:49). (See Note on Numbers 22:1.)...
וַ יֵּ֥שֶׁב יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בַּ † שִּׁטִּ֑ים וַ...
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...
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...
Settim, which had Abel, "mourning," prefixed to it, (chap. xxxiii. 49,) on account of the slaughter of 24,000 of the Israelites, ver. 6, 9. It was situated in the plains of Moab, near the Jordan, and...
CONTENTS A melancholy relation is contained in this Chapter. The children of Israel fall into idolatry. The LORD'S visitation in a way of judgment follows. Phinehas distinguisheth himself amidst the...
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...
1_And Israel abode in Shittim. _From this narrative we learn assuredly that the people were no more able to bear prosperity than adversity. Heretofore, either worn out by fatigue, or rendered impatien...
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 ISRAEL ABODE IN SHITTIM,.... A place in the plains of Moab, so called from the shittim wood, which grew here in great abundance, so often mentioned in the building of the tabernacle; which was a s...
And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab. Ver. 1. _To commit whoredom._] By the wicked counsel of Balaam, who knew well, that no one means hath...
_Israel abode in Shittim_ And this was their last station, from whence they passed immediately into Canaan. This is noted as a great aggravation of their sin, that they committed it when God was going...
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...
And Israel abode in Shittim, in the fields or plains of Moab, on the east side of the Jordan, AND THE PEOPLE BEGAN TO COMMIT WHOREDOM WITH THE DAUGHTERS OF MOAB. Balaam, having failed in his intention...
The Sin and its Punishment....
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....
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...
NUMBERS CHAPTER 25 The Israelites whoredom and idolatry: God commands the guilty to be put to death, NUMBERS 25:1. A plague: Phinehas's zeal; for which God promises him the priesthood, NUMBERS 25:6. G...
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 25:1 Israel H3478 remained H3427 (H8799) Grove H7851 people H5971 began H2490 (H8686) harlotry H2181 ...
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...
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 ...
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; Ecclesiastes 7:26; Joshua 2:1; Joshua 3:1; Micah 6:5
Shittim — And this was their last station, from whence they passed immediately into Canaan. This is noted as a great aggravation of their sin, that they committed it, when God was going to put them in...