Num 25:6 | TNotes | STEP | 25:6 Here another Israelite defiled himself with a foreign woman; apparently both Moabite and Midianite women had been involved in the scandal (25:1-3 , 16-18 ; 31:1-2 ). The man’s sin was particularly brazen, as he apparently disregarded the judgment and mourning around him. • Some suggest that his tent was an unauthorized shrine associated with the worship of Yahweh, and not just Zimri’s dwelling.

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‏ Numbers 25:6

25:6 ^a Here another Israelite defiled himself with a foreign woman; apparently both Moabite and Midianite women had been involved in the scandal (25:1-3 ^b, 16-18 ^c; 31:1-2 ^d). The man’s sin was particularly brazen, as he apparently disregarded the judgment and mourning around him.

• Some suggest that his tent was an unauthorized shrine associated with the worship of Yahweh, and not just Zimri’s dwelling.