seekeroftruth
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Numbers 25:6 Then an Israelite man brought into the camp a Midianite woman right before the eyes of Moses and the whole assembly of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 7 When Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, saw this, he left the assembly, took a spear in his hand 8 and followed the Israelite into the tent. He drove the spear into both of them, right through the Israelite man and into the woman’s stomach. Then the plague against the Israelites was stopped; 9 but those who died in the plague numbered 24,000.
10 The Lord said to Moses, 11 “Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, has turned my anger away from the Israelites. Since he was as zealous for my honor among them as I am, I did not put an end to them in my zeal. 12 Therefore tell him I am making my covenant of peace with him. 13 He and his descendants will have a covenant of a lasting priesthood, because he was zealous for the honor of his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”
14 The name of the Israelite who was killed with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family. 15 And the name of the Midianite woman who was put to death was Kozbi daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.
16 The Lord said to Moses, 17 “Treat the Midianites as enemies and kill them. 18 They treated you as enemies when they deceived you in the Peor incident involving their sister Kozbi, the daughter of a Midianite leader, the woman who was killed when the plague came as a result of that incident.”
10 The Lord said to Moses, 11 “Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, has turned my anger away from the Israelites. Since he was as zealous for my honor among them as I am, I did not put an end to them in my zeal. 12 Therefore tell him I am making my covenant of peace with him. 13 He and his descendants will have a covenant of a lasting priesthood, because he was zealous for the honor of his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”
14 The name of the Israelite who was killed with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family. 15 And the name of the Midianite woman who was put to death was Kozbi daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.
16 The Lord said to Moses, 17 “Treat the Midianites as enemies and kill them. 18 They treated you as enemies when they deceived you in the Peor incident involving their sister Kozbi, the daughter of a Midianite leader, the woman who was killed when the plague came as a result of that incident.”
This is from the easy English site.
Moses and the Israelites were crying to show that they were sorry for Israel’s sin. But, while this was happening, a male Israelite brought a female Midianite into his tent. He did this in public. He did not care that God was angry. He did not care that he was sinning. He was not sorry. He saw that the other Israelites were crying about Israel’s sin. But he did not stop. He showed that he did not respect God or Israel’s leaders.
The male Israelites’ sin was very serious because it had led them all away from God. They had joined the Moabites when the Moabites worshipped their false gods. It seems that the Midianites worshipped these gods, too. Probably the Moabites’ king ruled over them also. Phinehas, the High Priest’s son, was completely loyal to God. He killed both the male Israelite and the female Midianite. Of course, this stopped their sin. But also it stopped the disease that God had sent to punish the Israelites. The punishment showed that God would not allow this kind of sin. It warned the Israelites that they should never worship false gods.
God was pleased because Phinehas was loyal to him. God promised that Phinehas and his descendants would be priests always.
In these verses, the author recorded the names of the male Israelite and the female Midianite. The man was from Simeon’s tribe. Moses was from Levi’s tribe. Reuben and Simeon were born to Jacob before Levi. Therefore, the leaders of their tribes had a better right naturally to lead the Israelites. In Numbers 16:1, the leaders of Reuben’s tribe opposed Moses, and therefore, God. The result was that many of their tribe died. By means of Zimri, Simeon’s tribe were opposing Moses, and therefore, God.
Also, Zimri was a leader. He was an important man. It was his responsibility to lead his people to do what is right. But by means of his own sin, he was leading them to rebel against God. His sin was affecting everybody.
The woman was not a Moabite. She was a Midianite. So the sin had spread beyond the local people, too. Also, she was a member of a Midianite royal family. They had sent her on purpose to make an Israelite leader have sex with her. This was their plan.
The man Zimri was defiant (see Numbers 15:30-31). When he took the woman into his tent, he was rebelling against Moses’ authority and therefore God’s authority. So Zimri was trying to persuade people not to obey God. He thought that the people should not allow God to lead them. Then they could do whatever they wanted. That is what he was saying by means of his wicked act.
The Midianites had caused the Israelites to sin. They had caused God to become angry with his own people. God warned Moses about them. The Midianites were the Israelites’ enemies.
It was important that the Israelites obeyed God. It was important that they worshipped him only. Zimri and Cozbi had sinned defiantly. The punishment for this was death (Numbers 15:30-31).
God is a holy God. We must worship him only. We can please him only because of what Jesus did. We must believe that he died on our behalf. When we sin, we need to repent. Then God can forgive us.
The male Israelites’ sin was very serious because it had led them all away from God. They had joined the Moabites when the Moabites worshipped their false gods. It seems that the Midianites worshipped these gods, too. Probably the Moabites’ king ruled over them also. Phinehas, the High Priest’s son, was completely loyal to God. He killed both the male Israelite and the female Midianite. Of course, this stopped their sin. But also it stopped the disease that God had sent to punish the Israelites. The punishment showed that God would not allow this kind of sin. It warned the Israelites that they should never worship false gods.
God was pleased because Phinehas was loyal to him. God promised that Phinehas and his descendants would be priests always.
In these verses, the author recorded the names of the male Israelite and the female Midianite. The man was from Simeon’s tribe. Moses was from Levi’s tribe. Reuben and Simeon were born to Jacob before Levi. Therefore, the leaders of their tribes had a better right naturally to lead the Israelites. In Numbers 16:1, the leaders of Reuben’s tribe opposed Moses, and therefore, God. The result was that many of their tribe died. By means of Zimri, Simeon’s tribe were opposing Moses, and therefore, God.
Also, Zimri was a leader. He was an important man. It was his responsibility to lead his people to do what is right. But by means of his own sin, he was leading them to rebel against God. His sin was affecting everybody.
The woman was not a Moabite. She was a Midianite. So the sin had spread beyond the local people, too. Also, she was a member of a Midianite royal family. They had sent her on purpose to make an Israelite leader have sex with her. This was their plan.
The man Zimri was defiant (see Numbers 15:30-31). When he took the woman into his tent, he was rebelling against Moses’ authority and therefore God’s authority. So Zimri was trying to persuade people not to obey God. He thought that the people should not allow God to lead them. Then they could do whatever they wanted. That is what he was saying by means of his wicked act.
The Midianites had caused the Israelites to sin. They had caused God to become angry with his own people. God warned Moses about them. The Midianites were the Israelites’ enemies.
It was important that the Israelites obeyed God. It was important that they worshipped him only. Zimri and Cozbi had sinned defiantly. The punishment for this was death (Numbers 15:30-31).
God is a holy God. We must worship him only. We can please him only because of what Jesus did. We must believe that he died on our behalf. When we sin, we need to repent. Then God can forgive us.
So, Balaam, the prophet for hire, couldn't curse the Israelites. God wouldn't allow it.
Balak, the king of the Moabites, wanted Balaam, the prophet for hire, to curse the Israelites so they would be easier to conquer.
Balaam, the prophet for hire, was a greedy man. He would gain if the Israelites were harmed.
Balaam, the prophet for hire, caused the women of the Moabites [and Midianites as the Moabite religious practices had spread] to seduce the Israelite men.
Meanwhile.... these stupid humans were just about to enter the Land of Canaan. This was the land promised by God. This was the place with grapes so large that a bunch had to be carried on a pole between two Israelites.
Stupid Humans..... these are the men that God gave His only begotten Son to.
Stupid Humans.... these are the men that Jesus gave His life for.
Stupid Humans.... these dysfunctional men and women were the lineage of Jesus the Messiah!
