Num 25:1

The sins of Balaamites: sex, money, power! This was the “counsel of Balaam” (Num 31:16). The friendship of the world is the most dangerous aspect of the battle.

Num 25:2

Cp 1Co 10:27: If any unbeliever invite you…

THE SACRIFICES OF THEIR GODS: Called “sacrifices of the dead” (Psa 106:28), implying “immortality of the soul”.

Num 25:3

IN BROAD DAYLIGHT: Lit, “before the sun”. The worship of Baal-peor was a form of sun-idolatry!

Num 25:6

BROUGHT TO HIS FAMILY: Prob a form of royal marriage: cp vv 14,15.

WEEPING: Weeping, but not acting…

Num 25:8

TENT: Heb “qubba”, a rare term. An alcove, or a vaulted tent, with arch, a brothel.

Num 25:9

24,000 = poss 23,000 Jews (1Co 10:8), and 1,000 Moabitesses. Or 23,000 in ONE day (1Co 10:8), and 24,000 overall. Because Eli failed to discipline his sons for the same sins (1Sa 2:22; 3:13), his priesthood was taken away.

Num 25:13

MADE ATONEMENT: The slaying of the wicked may be an atonement to God. We must slay our “firstborn”, the man of sin within us!