Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Overview
Num 25:1, Israel at Shittim commit whoredom and idolatry; Num 25:6, Phinehas kills Zimri and Cozbi; Num 25:10, God therefore gives him an everlasting priesthood; Num 25:16, The Midianites are to be vexed.
Shittim: Num 33:49; Jos 2:1, Jos 3:1; Mic 6:5
the people: Num 31:15, Num 31:16; Ecc 7:26; Co1 10:8
they called: Exo 34:15, Exo 34:16; Jos 22:17; Kg1 11:1-8; Psa 106:28; Hos 9:10; Co1 10:20; Co1 10:27, Co1 10:28; Co2 6:16, Co2 6:17; Rev 2:14
bowed: Exo 20:5, Exo 23:24; Jos 23:7, Jos 23:16; Kg1 19:18
joined: Num 25:5; Deu 4:3, Deu 4:4; Jos 22:17; Psa 106:28, Psa 106:29; Hos 9:10
the anger: Jos 22:17; Jdg 2:14, Jdg 2:20; Psa 90:11; Jer 17:4
all the heads: Num 25:14, Num 25:15, Num 25:18; Exo 18:25; Deu 4:3; Jos 22:17, Jos 23:2
and hang: Dr. Kennicott remarks, that the Samaritan and Hebrew Texts must be united to make the sense of this verse complete: "And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto all the heads of the people; and let them slay the men that were joined to Baal-peor; and hang them up before the Lord, against the sun," etc. Deu 13:6-9, Deu 13:13, Deu 13:15, Deu 21:23; Sa2 21:6, Sa2 21:9; Est 7:9, Est 7:10
that the fierce: Num 25:11; Deu 13:17; Jos 7:25, Jos 7:26; Psa 85:3, Psa 85:4; Jon 3:9
judges: Exo 18:21, Exo 18:25, Exo 18:26
Slay ye: Exo 22:20, Exo 32:27, Exo 32:28; Deu 13:6, Deu 13:9, Deu 13:13, Deu 13:15, Deu 17:3-5; Kg1 18:40
a Midianitish: Num 25:14, Num 25:15, Num 22:4, Num 31:2, Num 31:9-16
in the sight of Moses: Num 15:30, Num 15:31; Deu 29:19-21; Jer 3:3, Jer 8:12, Jer 36:23, Jer 42:15-18, Jer 43:4-7; Jer 44:16, Jer 44:17; Pe2 2:13-15; Jde 1:13
weeping: Jdg 2:4; Ezr 9:1-4, Ezr 10:6-9; Isa 22:12; Eze 9:4-6; Joe 2:17
Phinehas: Exo 6:25; Jos 22:30, Jos 22:31; Jdg 20:28
a javelin: Sa1 18:10, Sa1 18:11, Sa1 19:9
thrust: Num 25:5, Num 25:11; Psa 106:29-31
So the plague: Num 16:46-48; Sa2 24:25; Ch1 21:22
St. Paul reckons only 23,000: Moses includes in the 24,000 he names, the 1,000 men who were slain in consequence of the judicial examination (Num 25:4), as well as the 23,000 who died of the plague; while St. Paul only refers to the latter.
Num 25:4, Num 25:5, Num 16:49, Num 16:50; Deu 4:3, Deu 4:4; Co1 10:8
turned my: Jos 7:25, Jos 7:26; Sa2 21:14; Psa 106:23; Joh 3:36
for my sake: Heb. with my zeal, Co2 11:2
that I: Exo 22:5, Exo 34:14; Deu 4:24, Deu 29:20, Deu 32:16, Deu 32:21; Jos 24:19; Kg1 14:22; Psa 78:58; Eze 16:38; Nah 1:2; Zep 1:18, Zep 3:8; Co1 10:22
Num 13:29; Mal 2:4, Mal 2:5, Mal 3:1
his seed: Sa1 2:30; Kg1 2:27; Ch1 6:4-15, Ch1 6:50-53
an everlasting: Exo 40:15; Isa 61:6; Jer 33:18, Jer 33:22; Heb 7:11, Heb 7:17, Heb 7:18; Pe1 2:5, Pe1 2:9; Rev 1:6
zealous: Kg1 19:10, Kg1 19:14; Psa 69:9, Psa 106:31, Psa 119:139; Joh 2:17; Act 22:3-5; Rom 10:2-4
atonement: Exo 32:30; Jos 7:12; Sa2 21:3; Heb 2:17; Jo1 2:2
a prince: Num 25:4, Num 25:5; Ch2 19:7
chief house: Heb. house of a father
the Simeonites: Num 1:23, Num 26:14
Balaam's counsel seems to have been first given to Balak, king of Moab; but probably the Midianitish women, especially of the higher ranks, as Cozbi was, were the principal tempters; and the nation of Midian seems to have come into the execrable measure more generally and heartily than that of Moab. they were therefore first selected to be made examples of, for a warning to the Moabites, who were spared at this time.
vex you: Num 31:15, Num 31:16; Gen 26:10; Exo 32:21, Exo 32:35; Rev 2:14
beguiled: Gen 3:13; Co2 11:3; Pe2 2:14, Pe2 2:15, Pe2 2:18
which: Num 25:8