Numbers 25:1-5

Baal Worship at Peor

1 While Israel lived in ¹Shittim, ²the people began to whore with the daughters of Moab.

2 ³These invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.

3 So Israel yoked himself to Baal of Peor. And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.

4 And the LORD said to Moses, ⁴"Take all the chiefs of the people and ⁵hang^[a] them in the sun before the LORD, ⁶that the fierce anger of the LORD may turn away from Israel."

5 And Moses said to ⁷the judges of Israel, ⁸"Each of you kill those of his men who have yoked themselves to Baal of Peor."

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Numbers 25:1-5 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 25

The contents of this chapter are, the sin of the people of Israel, their whoredom and idolatry, Nu 25:1-3, their punishment for it, multitudes being slain, Nu 25:4,5, whose number is given, Nu 25:9, the zeal of Phinehas in slaying two notorious offenders, Nu 25:6-8, whose names are observed, Nu 25:14,15 for which he is commended, and the covenant of priesthood was given and confirmed unto him, Nu 25:10-13, and the chapter is concluded with an order to vex the Midianites, for vexing Israel with their wiles, Nu 25:16-18.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 8

1. Numbers 33:49; Joshua 2:1; Joshua 3:1; Micah 6:5
2. [Numbers 31:16]
3. Exodus 34:15, 16; Joshua 22:17; Psalms 106:28; Hosea 9:10; [1 Corinthians 10:20]
4. See Deuteronomy 4:3
5. [Deuteronomy 21:23; 2 Samuel 21:6; Galatians 3:13]
6. ver. 11; Deuteronomy 13:17
7. [Numbers 11:16; Exodus 18:21, 25]
8. [Exodus 32:27]

Footnotes 1

[a]. Or impale

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