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John Gill's Exposition on Numbers 25:7
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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, etc.] Saw the man pass by in this impudent manner, and his whore with him; his spirit was stirred up, he was filled and fired with zeal for the glory of God, and with an holy indignation against the sin and sinner, and with a just concern for the honour of the righteous law of God; and, to prevent others from falling into the same sin, led by the public example of so great a personage, as it appears afterwards this man was: he rose up from among the congregation; who were weeping at the door of the tabernacle, or from the midst of the court of judicature, set for trying and judging such persons who were charged with idolatry; for he was not only the son of the high priest and his successor, but a ruler over the Korahites, and had, besides his priestly office, a civil authority, (<130920>1 Chronicles 9:20) and took a javelin in his hand; a spear or pike; the Jews say f403 he snatched it out of the hand of Moses; and, according to Josephus f404, it was a sword; but the word rather signifies an hand pike; this being ready at hand, he took it up and pursued the criminal.
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