And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
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Gill's Exposition
And he went after the man of Israel into the tent,.... Into which he went with his harlot; the word here used is different from what is commonly used for a tent: Aben Ezra observes that in the…
Barnes' Notes
Into the tent - The inner recess in the tent, fashioned archwise, and appropriated as the sleeping-chamber and women’s apartment.
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…
Cambridge Bible
the pavilion Heb. ḳubbâh; a large vaulted tent; -alcove" (R.V. marg.) has gained a different significance, but it is only the Arabic equivalent to the Heb. word with the article alprefixed. The word…
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