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 was followed by the lapse into idolatry with the molten calf, so here the glorious repetition and... [ Continue Reading ]
A MIDIANITISH WOMAN IS BROUGHT INTO THE CAMP BY A SIMEONITE CHIEFTAIN (NUMBERS 25:6). Numbers 25:6 ‘And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought to his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, while they... [ Continue Reading ]
PHINEHAS, SON OF ELEAZAR, SLAYS THE CHIEFTAIN AND THE WOMAN (NUMBERS 25:7 A). Numbers 25:7 a ‘And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand, and he went after the man of Israel into the inner... [ Continue Reading ]
‘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 period. Paul picks up on this and speaks of ‘twenty three thousand' dying ‘in one day' (1 Corinthians... [ Continue Reading ]
AS A RESULT OF HIS ACTION PHINEHAS WAS CONFIRMED IN THE PRIESTHOOD (NUMBERS 25:10). Numbers 25:10 ‘And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among the... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a fathers' house among the Simeonites.' The man who had done this th... [ Continue Reading ]
Numbers 25:16 ‘And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,' Then Yahweh added a further sentence to His judgment. Numbers 25:17 ‘Vex the Midianites, and smite them, for they vex you with their wiles, with which they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the... [ Continue Reading ]