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**abode:** i.e. till after Moses' death. Compare [Joshua 2:1](../../../kjv/joshua/2/1) ; [Joshua 3:1](../../../kjv/joshua/3/1) , and see [Micah 6:5](../../../kjv/micah/6/5) .
**Shittim.** Called Abel-shittim in [Numbers 33:49](../../../kjv/numbers/33/49) .
**with** = to (Hebrew. *'el).* Requiring the supply of the *Ellipsis* "to join themselves to", from [Numbers 25:3](../../../kjv/numbers/25/3) .

**they:** i.e. the daughters of Moab.
**their.** Feminine pronoun.

**joined** = yoked.
**Baal-peor.** Baal = Lord; Peor was the mountain on which he was worshipped ([Numbers 25:18](../../../kjv/numbers/25/18) . [Joshua 22:17](../../../kjv/joshua/22/17) ). Baal was a Moabitish idol, and those who called ([Numbers 25:2](../../../kjv/numbers/25/2) ) the Israelites were the prostitutes necessary for his worship by others. Compare [Hosea 9:10](../../../kjv/hosea/9/10) . [Jeremiah 11:13](../../../kjv/jeremiah/11/13) . *Peor* also means "opening", and may have relation to this "worship".
**anger of the LORD** (Hebrew. *Jehovah.*

**said.** See note on [Numbers 3:40](../../../kjv/numbers/3/40) .
**heads:** i.e. chiefs or princes of the People. The number not stated here, but must have been 1,000, and included in the 24,000 of [Numbers 25:9](../../../kjv/numbers/25/9) , and excluded in [1 Corinthians 10:8](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/10/8) . The 23,000 mentioned in [1 Corinthians 10:8](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/10/8) "fell in one day": the day of the plague, verses: [Numbers 25:9](../../../kjv/numbers/25/9) , [Numbers 25:18](../../../kjv/numbers/25/18) . And those who were hanged prior to that (verses: [Numbers 25:4](../../../kjv/numbers/25/4) , [Numbers 25:5](../../../kjv/numbers/25/5) ) are not included.
**hang them up:** i.e. impaled or nailed to a stake, as in crucifixion (Vulg, renders it "crucify", which means the same thing).

**behold.** Figure of speech *Asterismos.* App-6 .
**children** = sons.
**who** = and they.
**door** = entrance. Hebrew. *'ohel.* App-40 .
**tabernacle** = tent.

**Phinehas.** Compare [Psalms 106:30](../../../kjv/psalms/106/30) .

**tent.** Hebrew. *kubbah,* a high and vaulted pleasure tent, used in the worship of Baal. Occurs only here.
**belly.** Hebrew. *kobah,* the part between the ribs, and loins. Occurs only here, for the Figure of speech *Paronomasia* ( App-6 ).

**twenty and four thousand.** This includes the 1,000 previously "hanged" (verses:[Numbers 25:4](../../../kjv/numbers/25/4); [Numbers 25:4](../../../kjv/numbers/25/4) , [Numbers 25:5](../../../kjv/numbers/25/5) ), as well as those who died of the "plague". These must have been 23,000 of [1 Corinthians 10:8](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/10/8) , which "fell in one day".

**spake.** See note on [Numbers 1:1](../../../kjv/numbers/1/1) .

**he shall have it.** See [Psalms 106:30](../../../kjv/psalms/106/30) , [Psalms 106:31](../../../kjv/psalms/106/31) , and [Malachi 2:4](../../../kjv/malachi/2/4) , [Malachi 2:5](../../../kjv/malachi/2/5) . Compare [1 Chronicles 6:4-15](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/6/4-15) . [1 Samuel 22:18](../../../kjv/1-samuel/22/18) . [1 Kings 2:27](../../../kjv/1-kings/2/27) with [1 Samuel 14:17](../../../kjv/1-samuel/14/17) . Also [1 Chronicles 6:4-15](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/6/4-15) . Ezra was of his line ([Ezra 7:1](../../../kjv/ezra/7/1) , [Ezra 7:5](../../../kjv/ezra/7/5) ).
**everlasting priesthood.** Restored to Phinehas, and remained with him, after Eli.
**God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* App-4 .
**atonement.** See note on [Exodus 29:33](../../../kjv/exodus/29/33) .

**people** = clan or tribe. Hebrew. *'ummoth.* Occurs only here, [Genesis 25:16](../../../kjv/genesis/25/16) and [Psalms 117:1](../../../kjv/psalms/117/1) .

**Vex.** Compare [Numbers 31](../../../kjv/numbers/31) .

**wiles** = seductions. Hebrew. *nekal.* Occurs only here.
**day:** i.e. the "one day" of [1 Corinthians 10:8](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/10/8) .

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