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. ver. 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. ver. 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. ver. 11; De 13:17; Jos 7:25,26; Ps 85:3,4; Jon 3:9;
Slay ye. Ex 22:20; 32:27,28; De 13:6,9,13,15; 17:3-5; 1Ki 18:40;
a Midianitish. ver. 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. ver. 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. ver. 4,5; 16:49,50; De 4:3,4; 1Co 10:8; ver. 10;
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;
chief house. Heb. house of a father. the Simeonites. 1:23; 26:14;
Zur. 31:8; Jos 13:21; ver. 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. ver. 8;