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Verse Numbers 25:3. _ISRAEL JOINED HIMSELF UNTO BAAL-PEOR_] The same
as the Priapus of the Romans, and worshipped with the same obscene
rites as we have frequently had occasion to remark.
The _joini...
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JOINED HIMSELF - i. e., by taking part in the sacrificial meals as
described in the last verse. Compare Exodus 34:15; 1 Corinthians
10:18. The worship of Baal was attended with the grossest impurity,...
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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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JOINED. yoked.
BAAL-PEOR. Baal. Lord; Peor was the mountain on which he was
worshipped (Numbers 25:18; Joshua 22:17). Baal was. Moabitish idol,
and those who called (Numbers 25:2) the Israelites were...
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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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_Baal-peor_ i.e. the deity who was considered the Lord of the place
Peor. See on Numbers 23:28. Names of deities consisting of the name
Baal with a local attribute are not uncommon in the O.T., and ar...
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ISRAEL JOINED HIMSELF UNTO BAAL-PEOR— See the note on ch. Numbers
21:29. St. Jerome informs us, that _Baal-peor_ was the same as the
Greek and Roman Priapus; that this idol was like that of Priapus. T...
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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 ISRAEL JOINED HIMSELF UNTO BAALPEOR: AND THE ANGER OF THE LORD
WAS KINDLED AGAINST ISRAEL._
Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor. Baal was a general name for
'lord,' and Peor either for a hill i...
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25:3 Baal-Peor; (g-6) Or 'to the Baal of Peor.'...
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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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BAAL-PEOR] There appears to have been a sanctuary of Baal on the top
of Mt. Peor: see on Numbers 22:41; Numbers 23:14....
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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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וַ יִּצָּ֥מֶד יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְ בַ֣עַל
פְּעֹ֑ור וַ...
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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 Israel (b) joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD
was kindled against Israel.
(b) Worshipped the idol of the Moabites, which was in the hill Peor....
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Initiated to Beelphegor. That is, they took to the worship of
Beelphegor, an obscene idol of the Moabites, and were consecrated as
it were to him. (Challoner) --- Hebrew, "Israel was attached, or
marr...
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It is supposed, and with great appearance of truth, that commerce with
the women formed a part of the idolatrous worship of the Moabites. So
that while Israel was giving themselves up to their lust in...
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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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3._AndIsrael joined himself to Baal-peor. _Moses amplifies their crime
by this expression, that they bound themselves to the idol in an
impious alliance; and thus he alludes to that holy union whereby...
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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 ISRAEL JOINED HIMSELF UNTO BAALPEOR,.... The name of an idol; one
of the Baals, Baal being a general name for an idol; and, to
distinguish this from other Baals or idols, it was called Peor, eithe...
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And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was
kindled against Israel.
Ver. 3. _Joined himself to Baalpeor._] Separated himself to that
shame, Hos 9:10 that abominable and sha...
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_Joined himself_ The word implies a forsaking God, to whom they were
joined, and a turning to, and strict conjunction with, this false god.
_Baal-peor_ Called Baal, by the name common to many false go...
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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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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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JOINED HIMSELF; the word implies a forsaking of God, to whom they were
and should have been joined, and a turning to, embracing of, strict
conjunction with, and fervent affection after, this false god...
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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 25:3 Israel H3478 joined H6775 (H8735) Peor H1187 anger H639
LORD H3068 aroused H2734 (H8799) Israel...
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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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BAAL-PEOR
Or, Baal of Peor. See (Numbers 23:28)....
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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 25:3 BAAL was the main Canaanite fertility
god. ISRAEL was constantly tempted to worship Baal.
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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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Deuteronomy 4:3; Deuteronomy 4:4; Hosea 9:10; Jeremiah 17:4; Joshua 22
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Joined himself — The word implies a forsaking God to whom they were
joined and a turning to, and strict conjunction with, this false God.
Baal — peor — Called Baal, by the name common to many false Go...