Num 25:6-9 | 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.

b25:1-3►

d31:1-2►

e25:7-9►

f25:7-8►

g25:1-3►

‏ Numbers 25:6-9

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.
Summary for Num 25:7-9: 25:7-9 ^e Phinehas, acting as a representative of the priestly family, killed Zimri and Cozbi with one thrust of a spear (25:7-8 ^f), which probably indicates that they were engaged in sexual intercourse. Phinehas’s zeal stopped the plague (25:1-3 ^g).