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Selected Verse: Numbers 25:3 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Nu 25:3 |
Strong Concordance |
And Israel [03478] joined [06775] himself unto Baalpeor [01187]: and the anger [0639] of the LORD [03068] was kindled [02734] against Israel [03478]. |
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King James |
And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor--Baal was a general name for "lord," and Peor for a "mount" in Moab. The real name of the idol was Chemosh, and his rites of worship were celebrated by the grossest obscenity. In participating in this festival, then, the Israelites committed the double offense of idolatry and licentiousness. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Joined himself - i. e., by taking part in the sacrificial meals as described in the last verse. Compare Exo 34:15; Co1 10:18. The worship of Baal was attended with the grossest impurity, and indeed partly consisted in it Hos 4:14; Hos 9:10.
Baal-peor - i. e., the Baal worshipped at Peer, the place mentioned in Num 23:28 (compare Baal-meon, Num 32:38). (The identification of this god with Chemosh in Num 21:29 is now given up.) |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
Baal-peor
Or, Baal of Peor. See (Num 23:28). |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| And the anger of the Lord burned against the people, so that Jehovah commanded Moses to fetch the heads of the people, i.e., to assemble them together, and to "hang up" the men who had joined themselves to Baal-Peor "before the Lord against the sun," that the anger of God might turn away from Israel. The burning of the wrath of God, which was to be turned away from the people by the punishment of the guilty, as enjoined upon Moses, consisted, as we may see from Num 25:8, Num 25:9, in a plague inflicted upon the nation, which carried off a great number of the people, a sudden death, as in Num 14:37; Num 17:11. הוקיע, from יקע, to be torn apart or torn away (Ges., Winer), refers to the punishment of crucifixion, a mode of capital punishment which was adopted by most of the nations of antiquity (see Winer, bibl. R. W. i. p. 680), and was carried out sometimes by driving a stake into the body, and so impaling them (ἀνασκολοπίζειν), the mode practised by the Assyrians and Persians (Herod. iii. 159, and Layard's Nineveh and its Remains, vol. ii. p. 374, and plate on p. 369), at other times by fastening them to a stake or nailing them to a cross (ἀνασταυροῦν). In the instance before us, however, the idolaters were not impaled or crucified alive, but, as we may see from the word הרגּוּ in Num 25:5, and in accordance with the custom frequently adopted by other nations (see Herzog's Encyclopaedia), they were first of all put to death, and then impaled upon a stake or fastened upon a cross, so that the impaling or crucifixion was only an aggravation of the capital punishment, like the burning in Lev 20:14, and the hanging (תּלה) in Deu 21:22. The rendering adopted by the lxx and Vulgate is παραδειγματίζειν, suspendere, in this passage, and in Sa2 21:6, Sa2 21:9, ἐξηλιάζειν (to expose to the sun), and crucifigere. ליהוה, for Jehovah, as satisfaction for Him, i.e., to appease His wrath. אותם (them) does not refer to the heads of the nation, but to the guilty persons, upon whom the heads of the nation were to pronounce sentence. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Joined himself - The word implies a forsaking God to whom they were joined and a turning to, and strict conjunction with, this false God. Baal - peor - Called Baal, by the name common to many false Gods, and especially to those that represented any of the heavenly bodies, and Peor, either from the hill Peor, where he was worshipped, Num 23:28, rather from a verb signifying to open and uncover, because of the obscene posture in which the idol was set, as Priapus was: or because of the filthiness which was exercised in his worship. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor - The same as the Priapus of the Romans, and worshipped with the same obscene rites as we have frequently had occasion to remark.
The joining to Baal-peor, mentioned here, was probably what St. Paul had in view when he said, Co2 6:14 : Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers. And this joining, though done even in a matrimonial way, was nevertheless fornication, (see Rev 2:14), as no marriage between an Israelite and a Midianite could be legitimate, according to the law of God. See the propositions at the close of the preceding chapter Num 24:25 (note). |
29 Woe [0188] to thee, Moab [04124]! thou art undone [06], O people [05971] of Chemosh [03645]: he hath given [05414] his sons [01121] that escaped [06412], and his daughters [01323], into captivity [07622] unto Sihon [05511] king [04428] of the Amorites [0567].
38 And Nebo [05015], and Baalmeon [01186], (their names [08034] being changed [04142] and Shibmah [07643]: and gave [07121] other names [08034] [08034] unto the cities [05892] which they builded [01129].
28 And Balak [01111] brought [03947] Balaam [01109] unto the top [07218] of Peor [06465], that looketh [08259] toward [06440] Jeshimon [03452].
10 I found [04672] Israel [03478] like grapes [06025] in the wilderness [04057]; I saw [07200] your fathers [01] as the firstripe [01063] in the fig tree [08384] at her first time [07225]: but they went [0935] to Baalpeor [01187], and separated [05144] themselves unto that shame [01322]; and their abominations [08251] were according as they loved [0157].
14 I will not punish [06485] your daughters [01323] when they commit whoredom [02181], nor your spouses [03618] when they commit adultery [05003]: for themselves are separated [06504] with whores [02181], and they sacrifice [02076] with harlots [06948]: therefore the people [05971] that doth not understand [0995] shall fall [03832].
18 Behold [991] Israel [2474] after [2596] the flesh [4561]: are [1526] not [3780] they [1526] which eat [2068] of the sacrifices [2378] partakers [2844] of the altar [2379]?
15 Lest thou make [03772] a covenant [01285] with the inhabitants [03427] of the land [0776], and they go a whoring [02181] after [0310] their gods [0430], and do sacrifice [02076] unto their gods [0430], and one call [07121] thee, and thou eat [0398] of his sacrifice [02077];
28 And Balak [01111] brought [03947] Balaam [01109] unto the top [07218] of Peor [06465], that looketh [08259] toward [06440] Jeshimon [03452].
9 And he delivered [05414] them into the hands [03027] of the Gibeonites [01393], and they hanged [03363] them in the hill [02022] before [06440] the LORD [03068]: and they fell [05307] all seven [07651] [07659] together [03162], and were put to death [04191] in the days [03117] of harvest [07105], in the first [07223] days, in the beginning [08462] of barley [08184] harvest [07105].
6 Let seven [07651] men [0582] of his sons [01121] be delivered [05414] unto us, and we will hang them up [03363] unto the LORD [03068] in Gibeah [01390] of Saul [07586], whom the LORD [03068] did choose [0972]. And the king [04428] said [0559], I will give [05414] them.
22 And if a man [0376] have committed a sin [02399] worthy of [04941] death [04194], and he be to be put to death [04191], and thou hang [08518] him on a tree [06086]:
14 And if a man [0376] take [03947] a wife [0802] and her mother [0517], it is wickedness [02154]: they shall be burnt [08313] with fire [0784], both he and they; that there be no wickedness [02154] among [08432] you.
5 And Moses [04872] said [0559] unto the judges [08199] of Israel [03478], Slay [02026] ye every [0376] one [0376] his men [0582] that were joined [06775] unto Baalpeor [01187].
11 And Moses [04872] did [06213] so: as the LORD [03068] commanded [06680] him, so did [06213] he.
37 Even those [0582] men [0582] that did bring up [03318] the evil [07451] report [01681] upon the land [0776], died [04191] by the plague [04046] before [06440] the LORD [03068].
9 And those that died [04191] in the plague [04046] were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
8 And he went [0935] after [0310] the man [0376] of Israel [03478] into the tent [06898], and thrust [01856] both [08147] of them through, the man [0376] of Israel [03478], and the woman [0802] through [0413] her belly [06897]. So the plague [04046] was stayed [06113] from the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
28 And Balak [01111] brought [03947] Balaam [01109] unto the top [07218] of Peor [06465], that looketh [08259] toward [06440] Jeshimon [03452].
25 And Balaam [01109] rose up [06965], and went [03212] and returned [07725] to his place [04725]: and Balak [01111] also went [01980] his way [01870].
14 But [235] I have [2192] a few things [3641] against [2596] thee [4675], because [3754] thou hast [2192] there [1563] them that hold [2902] the doctrine [1322] of Balaam [903], who [3739] taught [1722] [1321] Balac [904] to cast [906] a stumblingblock [4625] before [1799] the children [5207] of Israel [2474], to eat [5315] things sacrificed unto idols [1494], and [2532] to commit fornication [4203].
14 Be ye [1096] not [3361] unequally yoked together [2086] with unbelievers [571]: for [1063] what [5101] fellowship [3352] hath righteousness [1343] with [2532] unrighteousness [458]? and [1161] what [5101] communion [2842] hath light [5457] with [4314] darkness [4655]?