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. to (Hebrew. _'el)._ Requiring the supply of the _Ellipsis_ "to join themselves to", from Numbers 25:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY: i.e. the daughters of Moab. THEIR. Feminine pronoun.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 the prostitutes necessary for his worship by others. Compare Hosea 9:10; Jeremiah 11:13. _Peor_ als... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Corinthians 10:8. The 23,000 mentioned in 1 Corinthians 10:8 "fell in one day": the day of the plague, vers... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. CHILDREN. sons. WHO. and they. DOOR. entrance. Hebrew. _'ohel._ App-40. TABERNACLE. tent.... [ Continue Reading ]
PHINEHAS. Compare Psalms 106:30.... [ Continue Reading ]
TENT. Hebrew. _kubbah,_. high and vaulted pleasure tent, used in the worship of Baal. Occurs only here. BELLY. Hebrew. _kobah,_ the part between the ribs, and loins. Occurs only here, for the Figure of speech _Paronomasia_ (App-6).... [ Continue Reading ]
TWENTY AND FOUR THOUSAND. This includes the 1,000 previously "hanged" (verses:Numbers 25:4; Numbers 25:4; Numbers 25:5), as well as those who died of the "plague". These must have been 23,000 of 1 Corinthians 10:8, which "fell in one day".... [ Continue Reading ]
SPAKE. See note on Numbers 1:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SHALL HAVE IT. See Psalms 106:30; Psalms 106:31, and Malachi 2:4; Malachi 2:5. Compare 1 Chronicles 6:4; 1 Samuel 22:18; 1 Kings 2:27 with 1 Samuel 14:17. Also 1 Chronicles 6:4. Ezra was of hi [ Continue Reading ]
PEOPLE. clan or tribe. Hebrew. _'ummoth._ Occurs only here, Genesis 25:16 and Psalms 117:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
VEX. Compare Numbers 31.... [ Continue Reading ]
WILES. seductions. Hebrew. _nekal._ Occurs only here. DAY: i.e. the "one day" of 1 Corinthians 10:8.... [ Continue Reading ]