Num 14, Num 16-17, 21:1-6, Num 25, Eze 20:13 | TSK | STEP | The people murmur at the news. Joshua and Caleb labour to still them. God threatens them. Moses intercedes with God, and obtains pardon. The murmurers are debarred from entering into the land. The men who raised the evil report die by a plague. The people that would invade the land against the will of God are smitten.

defence. Heb. shadow.{Tzillam,} a metaphor highly expressive of protection and support in the sultry eastern countries. (See the Parallel Passages.) The Arabs and Persians use the same word to express the same thing; using the expressions, "May the shadow {zulli} of thy prosperity be extended." "May the shadow of thy prosperity be spread over the heads of thy well-wishers." And in an elegant distich, "May your protection never be removed from my head; may God extend your shadow {zullikem} eternally." The loftiest and most esteemed title of the sultan, says Thornton, because given him by the kings of Persia, is {zil ullah,} shadow of God.

Ps 91:1; 121:5; Isa 30:2,3; 32:2; Jer 48:45

the Lord.

Ge 48:21; Ex 33:16; De 7:21; 20:1-4; 31:6,8; Jos 1:5; Jud 1:22

2Ch 13:12; 15:2; 20:17; 32:8; Ps 46:1,2,7,11; Isa 8:9,10; 41:10

Mt 1:23; Ro 8:31

fear them not.

Isa 41:14

But all.

Ex 17:4; 1Sa 30:6; Mt 23:37; Ac 7:52,59

And the.

16:19,42; 20:6; Ex 16:7,10; 24:16,17; 40:34; Le 9:23

How long will this.

27; Ex 10:3; 16:28; Pr 1:22; Jer 4:14; Ho 8:5; Zec 8:14

Mt 17:17

provoke.

23; De 9:7,8,22,23; Ps 95:8; Heb 3:8,16

believe me.

De 1:32; Ps 78:22,32,41,42; 106:24; Mr 9:19; Joh 10:38; 12:37

Joh 15:24; Heb 3:18

smite.

16:46-49; 25:9; Ex 5:3; 2Sa 24:1,12-15

will make.

Ex 32:10

And Moses said unto the Lord.From this verse to ver. 19, inclusive, we have the words of the earnest intercession of Moses: they need no explanation; they are full of simplicity and energy.

Then the.

Ex 32:12; De 9:26-28; 32:27; Jos 7:8,9; Ps 106:23; Eze 20:9,14

they have.

Ex 15:14; Jos 2:9,10; 5:1

art seen.

12:8; Ge 32:30; Ex 33:11; De 5:4; 34:10; Joh 1:18; 14:9; 1Co 13:12

1Jo 3:2

thy cloud.

9:15-21; 10:34; Ex 13:21,22; 40:38; Ne 9:12,19; Ps 78:14; 105:39

Jud 6:16

De 9:28; 32:26,27; Jos 7:9

Mic 3:8; Mt 9:6,8

long-suffering.

Ex 34:6,7; Ps 103:8; 145:8; Jon 4:2; Mic 7:18; Na 1:2,3; Ro 3:24-26

Ro 5:21; Eph 1:7,8

visiting.

Ex 20:5; 34:7; Jer 23:2

Pardon.

Ex 32:32; 34:9; 1Ki 8:34; Ps 51:1,2; Eze 20:8,9; Da 9:19

according.

Isa 55:7; Tit 3:4-7

and as thou.

Ex 32:10-14; 33:17; Ps 78:38; 106:7,8,45; Jon 3:10; 4:2; Mic 7:18

Jas 5:15; 1Jo 5:14-16

until now. or, hitherto.

as truly.

De 32:40; Isa 49:18; Jer 22:24; Eze 5:11; 18:3; 33:11,27; Zep 2:9

all the.

Ps 72:19; Hab 2:14; Mt 6:10

which have.

11; De 1:31-35; Ps 95:9-11; 106:26; Heb 3:17,18

tempted.

Ex 17:2; Ps 95:9; 106:14; Mal 3:15; Mt 4:7; 1Co 10:9; Heb 3:9

ten times.

Ge 31:7,41; Job 19:3

Surely they shall not see. Heb. If they see.

26:64; 32:11; De 1:35-45; Ne 9:23; Ps 95:11; 106:26; Eze 20:15

Heb 3:17,18; 4:3

my servant.

6-9; 13:30; 26:65; De 1:36; Jos 14:6-14

another spirit.Caleb had another spirit; not only a bold, generous, courageous, noble, and heroic spirit, but the Spirit and influence of God, which thus raised him above human inquietudes and earthly fears. Therefore he followed God fully; literally, "and he filled after me:" God shewed him the way he was to take and the line of conduct he was to pursue, and he filled up this line, and in all things followed the will of his Maker.

followed me.

32:11,12; De 6:5; Jos 14:8,9; 1Ch 29:9,18; 2Ch 25:2; Ps 119:80,145

Pr 23:26; Ac 11:23; Eph 6:6; Col 3:23

the Amalekites.

13:29

turn you.

4; De 1:40; Ps 81:11-13; Pr 1:31

How long.

11; Ex 16:28; Mt 17:7; Mr 9:19

I have heard.

Ex 16:12; 1Co 10:10

As truly.

21,23; 26:64,65; 32:11; De 1:35; Ps 90:8,9; Heb 3:17

as ye have.

carcases.

32,33; 1Co 10:5; Heb 3:17; Jude 1:5

all that were.

1:45; 26:64

sware. Heb. lifted up my hand.

Ge 14:22

save Caleb.

38; 26:65; 32:12; De 1:36-38

little ones.

26:6,64; De 1:39

ye said.

know.Their children, by possessing Canaan, knew what a good land their fathers had despised.

the land.

Ge 25:34; Ps 106:24; Pr 1:25,30; Mt 22:5; Ac 13:41; Heb 12:16,17

29; 1Co 10:5; Heb 3:17

shall wander in the wilderness. or, feed.This implies, that they should move from place to place in the deserts, as the Bedounin Arabs, who have no certain dwelling, but rove about seeking pasture for their flocks.

32:13; Jos 14:10; Ps 107:4,40

forty years.

33:38; De 1:3; 2:14

bear.

5:31; Jer 3:1,2; Eze 23:35,45-49; Ho 9:1

After.

13:25; 2Ch 36:21

the number.

Ps 95:10; Eze 4:6; Da 9:24; Re 11:3

shall ye bear.

18:23; Le 20:19; Ps 38:4; Eze 14:10

ye shall.

1Ki 8:56; Ps 77:8; 105:42; Jer 18:9,10; La 3:31-33; Heb 4:1

breach of promise. or, altering of my purpose.{Tenooathi,} rather, my failure, or disannulling, from {noo,} to fail, disannul; for as they had broken their engagements, God was no longer held by his covenant.

De 31:16,17; 1Sa 2:30; Zec 11:10

I will surely.

23:19

this evil.

27-29; 26:65; 1Co 10:5,11; Heb 3:19

13:31-33

those men.Thus ten of the twelve who searched out the land were struck dead, by the justice of God, on the spot. In commemoration of this event, the Jews, to this day, celebrate a fast, on the seventh day of the month Elul.

died.

12; 16:49; 25:9; Jer 28:16,17; 29:32; 1Co 10:10; Heb 3:17; Jude 1:5

26:65; Jos 14:6-10

mourned greatly.

Ex 33:4; Pr 19:3; Isa 26:16; Mt 8:12; Heb 12:17

rose up.

De 1:41; Ec 9:3; Mt 7:21-23; 26:11,12; Lu 13:25

for we have sinned.We are sensible of our sin, and repent of it; and are now ready to do as Caleb and Joshua exhorted us. Or, though we have sinned, yet we hope God will make good his promise.

do ye.

25; 2Ch 24:20

but it shall.

Job 4:9; Jer 2:37; 32:5

De 1:42; Jos 7:8,12; Ps 44:1,2-11

25; 13:29; Le 26:17; De 28:25

because.

Jud 16:20; 1Ch 28:9; 2Ch 15:2; Isa 63:10; Ho 9:12

they presumed.This miserable people a short time ago, thought that, though Omnipotence was with them, they could not conquer and possess the land! Now they imagine, that though God himself go not with them, yet they shall be sufficient to drive out the inhabitants, and take possession of their country! Man is ever supposing he can do all things, or do nothing: he is therefore sometimes presumptuous, and at other times in despair.

15:30; De 1:43

the ark.

10:33; 1Sa 4:3-11

the Amalekites.

43; Ex 17:16; De 1:44; 32:30; Jos 7:5,11,12

Hormah.

21:3; Jud 1:17

Numbers 16

1 The rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.

23 Moses separates the people from the rebels' tents.

31 The earth swallows up Korah, and a fire consumes others.

36 The censers are reserved to holy use.

41 Fourteen thousand and seven hundred are slain by a plague, for murmuring against Moses and Aaron.

46 Aaron by incense stays the plague.

Korah.

26:9,10; 27:3; Ex 6:18,21; Jude 1:11

sons of Reuben.

Ge 49:3,4; 1Ch 5:1,2

took men.As the word men is not in the text, some read "took counsel;" and some "took courage." Houbigant renders {yikkach, rebellionem fecerunt,} "they rebelled;" which scarcely any rule of criticism can ever justify. Dr. Geddes' translation is, "Another insurrection was raised against Moses by Korah," etc. Others think that it may mean, "behaved with insolence." But, as Dr. A. Clarke observes, the verb {wyyikkach,} "and he took" which though at the end of the sentence in English, is the first word in Hebrew, is not in the plural, but the singular; and hence cannot be applied to the acts of all these chiefs. In every part of the Scripture, where this rebellion is referred to, it is attributed to Korah, therefore the verb here belongs to him; and the whole verse should be translated, "Now Korah, son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, he took even Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, son of Peleth, son of Reuben, and they rose up," etc.; reading, with some MSS., the Samaritan, and Septuagint, {ben,} son, instead of {beney,} sons.

famous.

26:9; Ge 6:4; 1Ch 5:24; 12:30; Eze 16:14; 23:10

gathered.

11; 12:1,2; 14:1-4; Ps 106:16; Ac 7:39,51

Ye take too much upon you. Heb. It is much for you. allthe.

Ex 19:6; Ezr 9:2; Isa 1:11-16; Jer 7:3-12; Mt 3:9,10; Ro 2:28,29

the Lord.

14:14; 35:34; Ex 29:45,46; Ps 68:17

45; 14:5; 20:6; Jos 7:6

the Lord.

Mal 3:18; 2Ti 2:19

who is holy.

3; Le 21:6-8,12-15; Isa 61:5,6; 1Pe 2:5-9; Re 1:6; 5:9,10

will cause.

Ex 28:43; Le 10:3; Ps 65:4; Eze 40:46; 44:15,16; Eph 2:13

Heb 10:19-22; 12:14

even him.

17:5; Ex 28:1; Le 8:2; 1Sa 2:28; Ps 105:26; Joh 15:16; Ac 1:2,24

Ac 13:2; 15:7; 22:14; 2Ti 2:3,4

35-40,46-48; Le 10:1; 16:12,13; 1Ki 18:21-23

that the man.

3,5; Eph 1:4; 2Th 2:13; 1Pe 2:9

too much.

3; 1Ki 18:17,18; Mt 21:23-27

Seemeth it but.

13; Ge 30:15; 1Sa 18:23; 2Sa 7:19; Isa 7:13; Eze 34:18; 1Co 4:3

separated.

1:53; 3:41-45; 8:14-16; 18:2-6; De 10:8; 2Ch 35:3; Ne 12:44

Eze 44:10,11; Ac 13:2

and seek.

Pr 13:10; Mt 20:21,22; Lu 22:24; Ro 12:10; Php 2:3; 3Jo 1:9

against.

3; 1Sa 8:7; Lu 10:16; Joh 13:20; Ro 13:2

what is Aaron.

Ex 16:7,8; 17:2; Ac 5:4; 1Co 3:5

Pr 29:9; Isa 3:5; 1Pe 2:13,14; Jude 1:8

a small.

out of a.

11:5; Ex 1:11,22; 2:23

to kill.

20:3,4; Ex 16:3; 17:3

thou make.

Ex 2:14; Ps 2:2,3; Lu 19:14; Ac 7:25-27,35

Moreover.

36:8-10; Ex 3:8,17; Le 20:24

put out. Heb. bore out.

very wroth.

12:3; Ex 32:19; Mt 5:22; Mr 3:5; Eph 4:26

Respect.

6,7; Ge 4:4,5; Isa 1:10-15

I have not.Though Moses was their ruler, under God, yet, so far from oppressing them, he had not imposed the smallest tax, nor taken, as a present, so much as an ass from one of them. The common present that is now made to the great, in these countries, is a horse; but there is reason to believe, that an ass might formerly have answered the same purpose. "If it is a visit of ceremony from a {bashaw,}" says Dr. Russell, "or other person in power, a fine horse, sometimes with furniture, or some such valuable present, is made to him at his departure." As asses were esteemed no dishonourable beasts for the saddle, Sir. J. Chardin, in his MS., supposes, that when Samuel disclaimed having taken the ass of any one, (1 Sa 12:3,) he is to be understood of not having taken any ass for his riding. In the same light, he considers this similar declaration of Moses. His reason is "asses being then esteemed very honourable creatures for riding on, (ch. 22:21, 30. Jud 5:10. 2 Sa 16:2,) as they are at this very time in Persia, being rode with saddles."

1Sa 12:3,4; Ac 20:33,34; 1Co 9:15; 2Co 1:12; 7:2; 12:14-17

Be thou.

before.

Korah.

and the glory.

42; 12:5; 14:10; Ex 16:7,10; Le 9:6,23

Separate.

Ge 19:15-22; Jer 5:16; Ac 2:40; 2Co 6:17; Eph 5:6,7; Re 18:4

that I may.

45; 14:12,15; Ex 32:10; 33:5; Ps 73:19; Isa 37:36; Heb 12:28,29

they fell.

4,45; 14:5

the God.

27:16; Job 12:10; Ec 12:7; Isa 57:16; Zec 12:1; Heb 12:9

one man sin.

Ge 18:23-25,32; Jos 7:1-26; 2Sa 24:1,17; Ro 5:18; 1Co 13:7

21It should seem that Dathan and Abiram had set up a spacious tabernacle in the midst of the tents of their families, where they kept court, met in council, and hung out their flag of defiance against Moses; it is here called the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. There, as in the place of rendezvous, Dathan and Abiram stayed, when Korah and his friends went up to the tabernacle of the Lord, waiting the issue of their trial; but here we are told how they had their business done, before that trial was over. God will take what method he pleases in his judgments.

11:16,17,25,30

Depart, I pray you.The rebels, with all that belonged to them, were, as an accursed thing, devoted to utter destruction. (Le 27:28, 29. Jos 7:13-15, 23-26.) The people therefore were forbidden to touch anything belonging to them; that they might enter a solemn protest against their wickedness, acknowledge the justice of their punishment, and express their fear of being involved in it.

21-24; Ge 19:12-14; De 13:17; Isa 52:11; Mt 10:14; Ac 8:20; 13:51

2Co 6:17; 1Ti 5:22; Re 18:4

and stood.

2Ki 9:30,31; Job 9:4; 40:10,11; Pr 16:18; 18:12; Isa 28:14

Hereby.

Ex 3:12; 4:1-9; 7:9; De 18:22; Zec 2:9; 4:9; Joh 5:36; 11:42; 14:11

for I have.{Kee lo millibbee,} "and that not out of my heart." It was not of my own device or contrivance. It was not out of an ambitious desire to be great myself that I took upon me the government, nor out of private affection to my brother, that I appointed him and his family to the priesthood.

of mine.

24:13; 1Ki 18:36; Jer 23:16; Eze 13:17; Joh 5:30; 6:38

the common, etc. Heb. as every man dieth. visited.

Ex 20:5; 32:34; Job 35:15; Isa 10:3; Jer 5:9; La 4:22

the Lord.

1Ki 22:28; 2Ch 18:27

make a new thing.Heb. create a creature; {wëim beriah yivra Yehowah,} "And if Jehovah should create a creation," i.e., do such a thing as was never done before.

Job 31:3; Isa 28:21; 43:19; 45:7,12; Jer 31:22

and they.

33; Ps 55:15

26:10,11; 27:3; De 11:6; Ps 106:17,18

the earth.

30; Ge 4:11; Isa 5:14; Re 12:16

all the.

17; 26:11; 27:3; 1Ch 6:22,37; Ps 84:1; 85:1; 88:1; *titles

into the.

Ps 9:15; 55:23; 69:15; 143:7; Isa 14:9,15; Eze 32:18,30

they perished.

Jude 1:11

fled.

Isa 33:3; Zec 14:5; Re 6:15-17

Lest.

17:12,13

And there.

11:1; 26:10; Le 10:2; Ps 106:18

two hundred.

2,17

the censers.

7,18

hallowed.{Kadashoo,} consecrated, i.e., to the service of God, though in this instance, improperly employed.

Le 27:28

sinners.

1Ki 2:23; Pr 1:18; 8:36; 20:2; Hab 2:10

a sign.

40; 17:10; 26:10; Eze 14:8; 1Co 10:11; 2Pe 2:6

that no.

3:10,38; 18:4-7; Le 22:10; 2Ch 26:18-20; Jude 1:11

come near.

1Ki 13:1-3; 2Ch 26:16-21

on the morrow.It is not unlikely, that the people persuaded themselves that Moses and Aaron had used some cunning in this business and that the earthquake and fire were artificial; for, had they discerned the hand of God in this punishment, they would scarcely have dared the anger of the Lord in the very face of his justice. And while they thus absurdly imputed this judgement to Moses and Aaron, they impiously called the persons, thus perishing in their rebellion, "the people of the Lord!"

all the.

1-7; 14:2; Ps 106:13,23,25-48; Isa 26:11

Ye have.

3; 2Sa 16:7,8; 1Ki 18:17; Jer 37:13,14; 38:4; 43:3; Am 7:10; Mt 5:11

Ac 5:28; 21:28; 2Co 6:8

when the.

the glory.

19; 14:10; 20:6; Ex 16:7,10; 24:16; 40:34,35; Le 9:23

Get you up.

21,24,26

And they.

22; 20:6; 1Ch 21:16; Mt 26:39

from off.

Le 9:24; 10:1; 16:12,13; Isa 6:6,7; Ro 5:9,10; Heb 7:25-27; 9:25,26

Re 8:3-5

and put.

Ps 141:2; Mal 1:11

an atonement.

Ex 30:7-10; Le 16:11-16; 1Jo 2:1,2

there is wrath.

1:53; 8:19; 11:33; 18:5; Le 10:6; 1Ch 27:24; Ps 106:29

the plague is begun.God now punished them by a secret blast, so as to put the matter beyond dispute; His hand, and His alone, was seen, not only in the plague, but in the manner in which the mortality was arrested. It was necessary that it should be done in this way, that the whole congregation might see that these men who had perished were not "the people of the Lord," and that God, not Moses and Aaron, had destroyed them.

and ran.

Mt 5:44; Ro 12:21

and behold.

Ps 106:29

and he put.

46; De 33:10,11; Isa 53:10-12 What the plague was we know not; but it seems from this to have begun at one part of the camp, and to have proceeded regularly onward.

18,35; 25:8-11; 2Sa 24:16,17,25; 1Ch 21:26,27; 1Th 1:10

1Ti 2:5,6; Heb 7:24,25; Jas 5:16; Joh 5:14

fourteen thousand.

32-35; 25:9; 1Ch 21:14; Heb 2:1-3; 10:28,29; 12:25

43; 1Ch 21:26-30

Numbers 17

1 Aaron,s rod, among all the rods of the tribes, only flourishes.

10 It is left for a monument against the rebels.

a rod.The word {matteh} signifies a staff, or sceptre, which the prince or chief of each tribe bore, and which was the sign of office or royalty among almost all the people of the earth.

all their princes.

1:5-16; 2:3-30; 10:14-27

twelve rods.

Ge 49:10; Ex 4:2,17; Ps 110:2; 125:3; Eze 19:14; 21:10,13

Eze 37:16-20; Mic 7:14

3:2,3; 18:1,7; Ex 6:16,20

Ex 25:16-22; 29:42,43; 30:6,36

Whom I.

16:5

blossom.

8; Isa 5:24; 11:1; 27:6; 35:1,2; Ho 14:5

I will.

10; Isa 13:11; Eze 16:41; 23:27

they murmur.

16:11

a rod a-piece, for each prince one. Heb. a rod for oneprince, a rod for one prince. See on ver.

18:2; Ex 38:21; Ac 7:44

the rod of Aaron.This fact was so unquestionably miraculous, that no doubt could remain on the minds of the people, or the envious chiefs, of the divine appointment of Aaron: and as there were buds, blossoms, and fruit on the rod at the same time, which was never the case with branches in the natural and ordinary course, this evidently proved the miracle, and took away all suspicion of the fraud which has been impiously suggested, that Moses had taken away Aaron's rod in the night time, and put a living branch of an almond tree in the room of it. A sceptre or staff of office resuming its vegetative life, was considered an absolute impossibility among the ancients; and as they were accustomed to swear by their sceptres, this circumstance was added to confirm the oath.

budded.

5; Ge 40:10; Ps 110:2; 132:17,18; So 2:3; Isa 4:2; Eze 17:24

Eze 19:12,14; Joh 15:1-6

Bring Aaron's.

Heb 9:4

for a token.

16:38,40; Ex 16:32; De 31:19-26

rebels. Heb. children of rebellion.

1Sa 2:12; 30:22; Ps 57:4; Isa 1:2; Ho 10:9; Eph 2:2,3; 5:6

and thou.

Behold.

26:11; Ps 90:7; Pr 19:3; Isa 57:16; Heb 12:5

we die.{Gawanoo,} "we expire:" it signifies not so much to die simply, as to feel an extreme difficulty in breathing, which producing suffocation, ends at last in death. See the folly and extravagance of this sinful people, in thus rebelling against the authority of those whom Jehovah had appointed to be their rulers.

Whosoever.

1:51-53; 18:4-7

any thing.

Ge 3:3; 1Sa 6:19-21; 2Sa 6:6-12; 1Ch 13:11-13; 15:13; Ps 130:3,4

Ac 5:5,11-14; Eph 2:13; Heb 10:19-22

consumed.

16:26; 32:13; De 2:16; Job 34:14,15; Ps 90:7; Isa 28:22

Numbers 21:1-6

1 Israel destroys the Canaanites at Hormah.

4 The people murmuring are plagued with fiery serpents.

7 They repenting are healed by a brazen serpent.

10 Sundry journeys of the Israelites.

21 Sihon is overcome,

33 and Og.

Arad.

33:40; Jos 12:14; Jud 1:16

the way of the spies.Dr. Kennicott remarks, that the word {atharim,} rendered spies in our version, is in the Greek a proper name ([Atharein,] Atharim).

13:21,22; 14:45

then.

De 2:32; Jos 7:5; 11:19,20; Ps 44:3,4

vowed.

Ge 28:20; Jud 11:30; 1Sa 1:11; 2Sa 15:7,8; Ps 56:12,13; 116:18

Ps 132:2

I will.

Le 27:28,29; De 13:15; Jos 6:17,26; 1Co 16:22

hearkened.

Ps 10:17; 91:15; 102:17

and they utterly.{Wyyacharem,} rather with the LXX. [kai anethematisen,] "and they anathematised, or devoted them to destruction;" for it is certain that these Canaanites and Arad were not utterly destroyed till the time of Joshua. (Jos 12:14.)

the name.

14:45; De 1:44; 1Sa 30:30{Hormah,} that is, utter destruction. {Chormah,} rather a devoting to destruction: so LXX. [Anathema,] and Tremellius, {devotio sive anathema.}

mount Hor.

20:22,23,27; 33:41

by the way.

14:25; De 1:40

compass.

20:18-21; De 2:5-8; Jud 11:18

the soul.

32:7,9; Ex 6:9; Ac 14:22; 1Th 3:3,4

discouraged. or, grieved. Heb. shortened.

Ex 6:9

spake.

11:1-6; 14:1-4; 16:13,14,41; 17:12; Ex 14:11; 15:24; 16:2,3,7,8

Ex 17:2,3; Ps 68:6; 78:19

and our soul.

11:6-9; Ex 16:15,31; Ps 78:24,25; Pr 27:7

Ge 3:14,15; De 8:15; Isa 14:29; 30:6; Jer 8:17; Am 9:3,4; 1Co 10:9

Numbers 25

1 Israel at Shittim commit whoredom and idolatry.

6 Phinehas kills Zimri and Cozbi.

10 God therefore gives him an everlasting priesthood.

16 The Midianites are to be vexed.

Shittim.

33:49; Jos 2:1; 3:1; Mic 6:5

the people.

31:15,16; Ec 7:26; 1Co 10:8

they called.

Ex 34:15,16; Jos 22:17; 1Ki 11:1-8; Ps 106:28; Ho 9:10; 1Co 10:20

1Co 10:27,28; 2Co 6:16,17; Re 2:14

bowed.

Ex 20:5; 23:24; Jos 23:7,16; 1Ki 19:18

joined.

5; De 4:3,4; Jos 22:17; Ps 106:28,29; Ho 9:10

the anger.

Jos 22:17; Jud 2:14,20; Ps 90:11; Jer 17:4

all the heads.

14,15,18; Ex 18:25; De 4:3; Jos 22:17; 23:2

and hang.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.

De 13:6-9,13,15; 21:23; 2Sa 21:6,9; Es 7:9,10

that the fierce.

11; De 13:17; Jos 7:25,26; Ps 85:3,4; Jon 3:9

judges.

Ex 18:21,25,26

Slay ye.

Ex 22:20; 32:27,28; De 13:6,9,13,15; 17:3-5; 1Ki 18:40

a Midianitish.

14,15; 22:4; 31:2,9-16

in the sight of Moses.

15:30,31; De 29:19-21; Jer 3:3; 8:12; 36:23; 42:15-18; 43:4-7

Jer 44:16,17; 2Pe 2:13-15; Jude 1:13

weeping.

Jud 2:4; Ezr 9:1-4; 10:6-9; Isa 22:12; Eze 9:4-6; Joe 2:17

Phinehas.

Ex 6:25; Jos 22:30,31; Jud 20:28

a javelin.

1Sa 18:10,11; 19:9

thrust.

5,11; Ps 106:29-31

So the plague.

16:46-48; 2Sa 24:25; 1Ch 21:22 St. Paul reckons only 23,000: Moses includes in the 24,000 he names, the 1,000 men who were slain in consequence of the judicial examination, (ver. 4,) as well as the 23,000 who died of the plague; while St. Paul only refers to the latter.

4,5; 16:49,50; De 4:3,4; 1Co 10:8

turned my.

Jos 7:25,26; 2Sa 21:14; Ps 106:23; Joh 3:36

for my sake. Heb. with my zeal.

2Co 11:2

that I.

Ex 22:5; 34:14; De 4:24; 29:20; 32:16,21; Jos 24:19; 1Ki 14:22

Ps 78:58; Eze 16:38; Na 1:2; Zep 1:18; 3:8; 1Co 10:22

13:29; Mal 2:4,5; 3:1

his seed.

1Sa 2:30; 1Ki 2:27; 1Ch 6:4-15,50-53

an everlasting.

Ex 40:15; Isa 61:6; Jer 33:18,22; Heb 7:11,17,18; 1Pe 2:5,9

Re 1:6

zealous.

1Ki 19:10,14; Ps 69:9; 106:31; 119:139; Joh 2:17; Ac 22:3-5

Ro 10:2-4

atonement.

Ex 32:30; Jos 7:12; 2Sa 21:3; Heb 2:17; 1Jo 2:2

a prince.

4,5; 2Ch 19:7

chief house. Heb. house of a father. the Simeonites.

1:23; 26:14

Zur.

31:8; Jos 13:21

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

31:2; Re 18:6

vex you.

31:15,16; Ge 26:10; Ex 32:21,35; Re 2:14

beguiled.

Ge 3:13; 2Co 11:3; 2Pe 2:14,15,18

which.