Numbers 25:2-3

2 who invited them to the sacrifices to their gods. The people ate the sacrificial meal and bowed down before these gods.

3 So Israel yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor. And the LORD’s anger burned against them.

Numbers 25:2-3 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.

Cross References

• 1. S Exodus 32:6; Exodus 34:15
• 2. Exodus 20:5; Deuteronomy 32:38; 1 Corinthians 10:20
• 3. Deuteronomy 4:19; Judges 2:19; 1 Kings 9:9; Jeremiah 1:16; Jeremiah 44:3
• 4. S Numbers 23:28; Psalms 106:28; Hosea 9:10