Chapter 25

25:1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the ^a daughters of Moab.

(a) With the women.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 Gods wrath.

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 Peors sake.

(h) Causing you to commit both corporal and spiritual fornication by Balaams counsel, ( Numbers 31:16 ; Revelation 2:14 ).