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Numbers 25:3-13

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3 So 1Israel joined themselves to Baal of Peor, and the LORD was angry * against Israel.
4 The LORD said to Moses, "Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, 2so that the fierce anger of the LORD may turn away from Israel."
5 So Moses said to the judges of Israel, "Each of you 3slay his men who have joined themselves to Baal of Peor."
6 Then behold, one of the sons of Israel came and brought to his relatives a 4Midianite woman, in the sight of Moses and in the sight of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, 5while they were weeping at the doorway of the tent of meeting.
7 6When Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he arose from the midst of the congregation and took a spear in his hand,
8 and he went after the man of Israel into the tent and pierced both of them through, the man of Israel and the woman, through the body. 7So the plague on the sons of Israel was checked.
9 8Those who died by the plague were 24,000 * *.

The Zeal of Phinehas

10 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
11 "9Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned away My wrath from the sons of Israel in that he was jealous with My jealousy among them, so that I did not destroy the sons of Israel 10in My jealousy.
12 "Therefore say, '11Behold, I give him My 12covenant of peace;
13 and it shall be for him and his descendants after him, a covenant of a 13perpetual priesthood, because * he was jealous for his God and 14made atonement for the sons of Israel.' "
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Numbers 25:3-13 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
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Cross References 14

  • 1. Psalms 106:28, 29; Hosea 9:10
  • 2. Deuteronomy 13:17
  • 3. Exodus 32:27
  • 4. Numbers 22:4
  • 5. Joel 2:17
  • 6. Psalms 106:30
  • 7. Numbers 16:46-48
  • 8. Numbers 14:37; Numbers 16:48-50; Numbers 31:16
  • 9. Psalms 106:30
  • 10. Exodus 20:5
  • 11. Psalms 106:30, 31
  • 12. Isaiah 54:10; Ezekiel 34:25; Ezekiel 37:26
  • 13. Exodus 29:9
  • 14. Numbers 16:46

Footnotes 7

  • [a] Or "Baal-peor"
  • [b] Lit "in front of the sun"
  • [c] Or "Baal-peor"
  • [d] Lit "brothers"
  • [e] Or "inner rooms"
  • [f] Or "belly"
  • [g] Lit "seed"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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