Numbers 25:6-8

6 Then an Israelite man brought into the camp a Midianite woman right before the eyes of Moses and the whole assembly of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

7 When Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, saw this, he left the assembly, took a spear in his hand

8 and followed the Israelite into the tent. He drove the spear into both of them, right through the Israelite man and into the woman’s stomach. Then the plague against the Israelites was stopped;

Numbers 25:6-8 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 Genesis 25:2
• 2. S Numbers 14:1; Judges 2:4; Ruth 1:9; 1 Samuel 11:4; 2 Samuel 15:30; Ezra 10:1; Psalms 126:6; Jeremiah 41:6
• 3. S Exodus 6:25; Joshua 22:13; Judges 20:28
• 4. Judges 5:8; 1 Samuel 13:19,22; 1 Kings 18:28; Psalms 35:3; Psalms 46:9; Joel 3:10; Micah 4:3
• 5. Numbers 16:46-48; Psalms 106:30