Numbers 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 was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Phinehas	פִּֽינְחָ֨ס pin.Chas	H6372	Pinechas · proper noun, a man's name
son	בֶּן ben-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Eleazar	אֶלְעָזָ֜ר 'el.'a.Zar	H499	Elazar · proper noun, a man's name
son	בֶּן ben-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Aaron	אַהֲרֹ֣ן 'a.ha.Ron	H175	Aharon · proper noun, a man's name
priest	הַכֹּהֵ֗ן ha.ko.Hen	H3548	literally one officiating · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
turned	הֵשִׁ֤יב he.Shiv	H7725	to turn back (hence · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
wrath	חֲמָתִי֙ cha.ma.Ti	H2534	heat · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix
away	שׁוּב shûwb	H7725	to turn back (hence
children	בְּנֵֽי be.nei-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
zealous	בְּקַנְא֥וֹ be.kan.'O	H7065	to be (causatively · preposition + verb, piel infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
sake	קִנְאָתִ֖י kin.'a.Ti	H7068	jealousy or envy · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix
among	בְּתוֹכָ֑ם be.to.Kham	H8432	a bisection · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
consumed	כִלִּ֥יתִי khi.Li.ti	H3615	to end · verb, piel perfect, 1st person common singular
children	בְּנֵֽי be.nei-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
jealousy	בְּקִנְאָתִֽי be.kin.'a.Ti	H7068	jealousy or envy · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 32:16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.
Deuteronomy 32:21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealo…
Psalms 78:58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
Exodus 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon…
1 Kings 14:22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that thei…
Zephaniah 1:18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by th…
Zephaniah 3:8 Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I m…
1 Corinthians 10:22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 25:6-15

Here is a remarkable contest between wickedness and righteousness, which shall be most bold and resolute; and righteousness carries the day, as no doubt it will at last. I. Never was vice more daring than it was in Zimri, a prince of a chief house in the tribe of Simeon. Such a degree of impudence in wickedness had he arrived at that he publicly appeared leading a Midianitish harlot (and a harlot of quality too like himself, a daughter of a chief house in Midian) in the sight of Moses, and all the good people of Israel. He did not think it enough to go out with his harlot to worship the gods of Moab, but, when he had done that, he brought her with him to dishonour the God of Israel. He not o…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 25:11

Phinehas . . . hath turned my wrath away--This assurance was a signal mark of honor that the stain of blood, instead of defiling, confirmed him in office and that his posterity should continue as long as the national existence of Israel.

John Gill on Numbers 25:11

Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest,.... His descent and genealogy is observed as before, partly to show that he was not a private person, but a man of public authority that did the above fact; perhaps one of the judges that Moses ordered to slay every man his man, and therefore what he did by the order of the supreme magistrate; and partly to show that he was heir apparent to the office of high priest, who in course was to succeed in it; nor should this action of his hinder it, but rather serve to secure and confirm it to him: hath turned away my wrath from the children of Israel; caused the effects of it to cease, by slaying the two persons, as before related: while…

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John Calvin on Numbers 25:10-13

And the Lord spake unto Moses. In these words God makes it appear that He was the author of the death (of Zimri and Cozbi;) [186] not only because He was thus propitiated towards the people, but because He calls the zeal of Phinehas His own. [187] It will, however, accord equally well whether we take it actively or passively, viz., either that Phinehas was inflamed with zeal to vindicate God's glory, or that he took upon him the zeal of God Himself. Whichever be preferred, God refers to Himself what was done by Phinehas. When He declares that He was appeased by the punishment inflicted, let us not imagine that there was a meritorious satisfaction, whereby the Papists feign that their punishm…

Dictionary and topics

Baal — Lord. (1.) The name appropriated to the principal male god of the Phoenicians. It is found in several places in the plural BAALIM (Judg. 2:11; 10:10; 1 Kings 18:18; Jer. 2:23; Hos. 2:17). Baal is…
Balaam — Lord of the people; foreigner or glutton, as interpreted by others, the son of Beor, was a man of some rank among the Midianites (Num. 31:8; comp. 16). He resided at Pethor (Deut. 23:4), in…
Phinehas — Mouth of brass, or from old Egypt, the negro. (1.) Son of Eleazar, the high priest (Ex. 6:25). While yet a youth he distinguished himself at Shittim by his zeal against the immorality into which the…
Zeal — An earnest temper; may be enlightened (Num. 25:11-13; 2 Cor. 7:11; 9:2), or ignorant and misdirected (Rom. 10:2; Phil. 3:6). As a Christian grace, it must be grounded on right principles and directed…
Zimri — Praise-worthy. (1.) A son of Salu, slain by Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, because of his wickedness in bringing a Midianitish woman into his tent (Num. 25:6-15). (2.) Murdered Elah at Tirzah, and…
Atonement, Under The Law · Extraordinary cases of — Extraordinary cases of
Jealousy · Attributed to Go — Attributed to Go
Phinehas · abomination — abomination
Zeal · Should be exhibited: For the glory of God — Should be exhibited: For the glory of God

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Numbers 25:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 25:6-15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 25:11

John Gill on Numbers 25:11

John Calvin on Numbers 25:10-13

Dictionary and topics

Numbers 25:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 25:6-15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 25:11

John Gill on Numbers 25:11

John Calvin on Numbers 25:10-13

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Numbers 25:10-15

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Numbers 25:10-13

Rashi on Numbers 25:11