Nu 25:1
25:1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit
whoredom with the {a} daughters of Moab.
(a) With the women.
Nu 25:3
25:3 And Israel {b} joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger
of the LORD was kindled against Israel.
(b) Worshipped the idol of the Moabites, which was in the
hill Peor.
Nu 25:4
25:4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the
people, and hang them up before the LORD {c} against the
sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away
from Israel.
(c) Openly in the sight of all.
Nu 25:5
25:5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one
his {d} men that were joined unto Baalpeor.
(d) Let him execute those that are under his charge.
Nu 25:6
25:6 And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought
unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of
Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the
children of Israel, {e} who [were] weeping [before] the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
(e) Repenting that they had offended God.
Nu 25:11
25:11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest,
hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel,
while he {f} was zealous for my sake among them, that I
consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
(f) He was zealous to maintain my glory.
Nu 25:13
25:13 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, [even] the
covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was
zealous for his God, and made an {g} atonement for the
children of Israel.
(g) He has pacified God's wrath.
Nu 25:18
25:18 For they vex you with their {h} wiles, wherewith they have
beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of
Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister,
which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.
(h) Causing you to commit both corporal and spiritual
fornication by Balaam's counsel,
@Nu 31:16, Re 2:14.
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