Numbers 25:13
And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
Now the name of the Israelite that was slain,.... By Phinehas, as before related:
even that was slain with the Midianitish woman; who was slain also, both together with one thrust:
was Zimri, the…
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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
the covenant of an everlasting priesthood. This passage expressly confines the priesthood to the line of Aaron. In Jer 33:21; Mal 2:4 f., 8 the covenant is given to the whole tribe of Levi. Other…
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