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AND THEY CALLED - i. e., “the daughters of Moab called.”...
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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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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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_for they called_ AND _they called_. The writer relates that the
Israelites first came into immoral relations with the women, and then
that the women, very naturally, invited them to join in their loc...
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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...
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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 THEY CALLED THE PEOPLE UNTO THE SACRIFICES OF THEIR GODS: AND THE
PEOPLE DID EAT, AND BOWED DOWN TO THEIR GODS._
They called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods, х_
'ªLOHEEYHEN_ (H430)]...
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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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AND THEY CALLED THE PEOPLE... — The Moabitish women invited the
Israelites to their sacrificial feasts, which were celebrated in
honour of Baal-peor, who was worshipped in the city of Beth-peor
(Deute...
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וַ תִּקְרֶ֣אןָ לָ † עָ֔ם לְ זִבְחֵ֖י...
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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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Observe, the temptation is first to the body, and next to the soul.
The Moabites first decoy Israel to bodily fornication, and then to
spiritual. Alas! how speedily is the transition made, from bodily...
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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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AND THEY CALLED THE PEOPLE UNTO THE SACRIFICES OF THEIR GODS,.... That
is, the daughters of Moab and Midian, with whom the children of Israel
carried on an unlawful correspondence, invited them, their...
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And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the
people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
Ver. 2. _Unto the sacrifices of their gods._] Unto their idol feasts;
for _Sine cer...
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_They called_ The Moabites, being now neighbours to the Israelites,
and finding themselves unable to effect their design by war and
divination, fell another way to work, by contracting familiarity wit...
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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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The Sin and its Punishment....
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And they, the Moabites, called the people unto the sacrifices of their
gods; and the people did eat and bowed down to their gods. In this
manner the temptation was set into action: the women of Moab w...
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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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THEY CALLED THE PEOPLE: this may be noted, either,
1. As the consequent of their whoredom, an invitation to further
society in their sacred feasts; or rather,
2. As the cause or occasion of their who...
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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 25:2 invited H7121 (H8799) people H5971 sacrifices H2077 gods
H430 people H5971 ate H398 (H8799) down...
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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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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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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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1 Corinthians 10:20; 1 Corinthians 10:27; 1 Corinthians 10:28; 1 Kings
11:1;...
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They — The Moabites being now neighbours to the Israelites, and
finding themselves unable to effect their design by war and
witchcraft, fell another way to work, by contracting familiarity with
them,...