Numbers 25:11

"The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,"

Key Reflection

This phrase indicates a direct divine communication to Moses, highlighting the authoritative and revelatory nature of God's instructions. It sets the context for significant theological and moral teachings that would guide the Israelites in their faith and practice.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Hath turned my wrath away -The signal example thus made of a leading offender by Phinehas was accepted by God as an expiation (literally inNumbers 25:13“covering;” see the note at the typical significanceLeviticus 1:4), and the exterminating wrath which had gone forth against the whole people was arrestedPsalms 106:30. The act of Phinehas must be regarded as exceptional. It was an extraordinary deed of vengeance, justified by the singular atrocity of the crime which provoked it; but it does not confer the right to every man to punish summarily any gross and flagrant breach of divine law committed in his presence. Compare the act of Mattathias (1 Macc. 2:24-26).

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