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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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WILES. seductions. Hebrew. _nekal._ Occurs only here.
DAY: i.e. the "one day" of 1 Corinthians 10:8....
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are an editorial note. The compiler who placed side by side the two
narratives in Numbers 25:1 here combines them in such a way as to
represent the _Midianites_as responsible for tempting Israel in bo...
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C. JEHOVAH DENOUNCES THE MIDIANITES vv. 16-18
TEXT
Numbers 25:16. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 17. Vex the
Midianites, and smite them: 18. For they vex with their wiles,
wherewith they have...
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_FOR THEY VEX YOU WITH THEIR WILES, WHEREWITH THEY HAVE BEGUILED YOU
IN THE MATTER OF PEOR, AND IN THE MATTER OF COZBI, THE DAUGHTER OF A
PRINCE OF MIDIAN, THEIR SISTER, WHICH WAS SLAIN IN THE DAY OF...
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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 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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כִּ֣י צֹרְרִ֥ים הֵם֙ לָכֶ֔ם בְּ
נִכְלֵיהֶ֛ם א
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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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For they vex you with their (h) wiles, wherewith they have beguiled
you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of
a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day...
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If we take this precept spiritually, it teaches that we are not to
spare, nor suffer our eye to pity any, however dear or near to us in
nature, who tempt us from our GOD. Deuteronomy 13:6....
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REFLECTIONS
PAUSE, my soul, over this chapter now again in the close of it, and
while taking a leisurely review of the sad consequences of a fallen
state, look up for grace to keep thee from the strat...
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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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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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FOR THEY VEX YOU WITH THEIR WILES,.... Not with wars, but with wiles,
with cunning stratagems, and artful methods to draw them into sin,
that thereby they might be exposed to the wrath of God:
WHEREW...
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For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in
the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a
prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of t...
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_With their wiles_ For under pretence of kindred, and friendship, and
leagues, which they offered to them, instead of that war which the
Israelites expected, they sought only an opportunity to insinua...
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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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16-18 We read not that any Midianites died of the plague; God
punished them with the sword of an enemy, not with the rod of a
father. We must set ourselves against whatever is an occasion of sin
to u...
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For under pretence of kindred, and friendship, and leagues, yea, and
marriages, which they offered to them, instead of that war which the
Israelites expected from them, they sought only an opportunity...
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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 25:16
‘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 w...
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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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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 25:16 The ongoing struggle with MIDIAN is
reported in ch. Numbers 31:1 and...
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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 Corinthians 11:3; 2 Peter 2:14; 2 Peter 2:15; 2 Peter 2:18; Ex
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With their wiles — For under pretence of kindred and friendship and
leagues, which they offered to them, instead of that war which the
Israelites expected, they sought only an opportunity to insinuate...