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

     (a) With the women.

Nu 25:3
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.

Nu 25:4
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.

Nu 25:5
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.

Nu 25:6
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.

Nu 25:11
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.

Nu 25:13
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 God's wrath.

Nu 25:18
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 Peor's sake.

      (h) Causing you to commit both corporal and spiritual
          fornication by Balaam's counsel,
          @Nu 31:16, Re 2:14.



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