Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 25

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Numbers 25 . 1 , Israel at Shittim commit whoredom and idolatry; Numbers 25 . 6 , Phinehas kills Zimri and Cozbi; Numbers 25 . 10 , God therefore gives him an everlasting priesthood; Numbers 25 . 16 , The Midianites are to be vexed.

Numbers 25:1

While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,

Numbers 25:1 · BSB

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Numbers 25:2

who invited them to the sacrifices of their gods. The people ate and bowed down to their gods.

Numbers 25:2 · BSB

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Numbers 25:3

So Israel joined in worshiping Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD burned against (them).

Numbers 25:3 · BSB

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Numbers 25:4

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that (His) fierce anger may turn away from Israel.”

Numbers 25:4 · BSB

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Dr. Kennicott remarks , that the Samaritan and Hebrew Texts must be united to make the sense of this #### Verse complete . "And the Lord said unto Moses , Speak unto all the heads of the people; and let them slay the men that were joined to Baal-peor; and hang them up before the Lord , against the sun ," etc

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Numbers 25:5

So Moses told the Judges of Israel, “Each of you must kill all of his men who have joined in worshiping Baal of Peor.”

Numbers 25:5 · BSB

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Numbers 25:6

Just then an Israelite man brought to his family a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses (and) the whole congregation of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

Numbers 25:6 · BSB

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Numbers 25:7

On seeing this, Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, got up from the assembly, took a spear in his hand,

Numbers 25:7 · BSB

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Numbers 25:8

followed the Israelite into his tent, and drove (the spear) through both of them — through the Israelite and on through the belly of the woman. So the plague against the Israelites was halted,

Numbers 25:8 · BSB

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Numbers 25:9

but those who died in the plague numbered 24,000.

Numbers 25:9 · BSB

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Moses includes in the 24 ,000 he names , the 1 ,000 men who were slain in consequence of the judicial examination

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Numbers 25:11

“Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned My wrath away from the Israelites; for he was zealous (for My sake) among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in My zeal.

Numbers 25:11 · BSB

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Heb. with my zeal

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Numbers 25:12

Declare, therefore, that I am granting My covenant of peace.

Numbers 25:12 · BSB

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Numbers 25:13

It will be a covenant of permanent priesthood and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”

Numbers 25:13 · BSB

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Numbers 25:14

The name of the Israelite who was slain - with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family.

Numbers 25:14 · BSB

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chief house Heb. house of a father

Numbers 25:15

And the name of the slain Midianite woman was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.

Numbers 25:15 · BSB

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Numbers 25:17

“Attack the Midianites and strike them dead -.

Numbers 25:17 · BSB

Balaam's counsel seems to have been first given to Balak , king of Moab; but probably the Midianitish women , especially of the higher ranks , as Cozbi was , were the principal tempters; and the nation of Midian seems to have come into the execrable measure more generally and heartily than that of Moab2 parallels

they were therefore first selected to be made examples of , for a warning to the Moabites , who were spared at this time

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Numbers 25:18

For they assailed deceitfully when they seduced in the matter of Peor and their sister Cozbi, the daughter of the Midianite leader, (the woman) who was killed on the day the plague came because of Peor.”

Numbers 25:18 · BSB

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