Read Numbers 25:10-26:51 at Bible Gateway.
The Teaching Tools of Scripture
Genesis 1:1-2:3, The Teaching Tools of Scripture, part one and part two
Genesis 1:1-6:8, Finding the Topic Themes of Scripture
Hebrew Paragraph Divisions
25:10-15 {p} YHVH’s covenant of peace with Phinehas
25:16-26:1a {p} Harass the Midianites and attack them
26:1b-11 {s} Number of Reuben was 43,730
26:12-14 {s} Number of Simeon was 22,200
26:15-18 {s} Number of Gad was 40,500
26:19-22 {s} Number of Judah was 76,500
26:23-25 {s} Number of Issachar was 64,300
26:26-27 {s} Number of Zebulun was 60,500
26:28-34 {s} Number of Joseph: of Manasseh was 52,700,
26:35-37 {s} Number of Joseph: of Ephraim was 32,500
26:38-41 {s} Number of Benjamin was 45,600
26:42-43 {s} Number of Dan was 64,400
26:44-47 {s} Number of Asher was 53,400
26:48-51 {p} Number of Naphtali was 45,400, total = 601,730
Strong Themes
26:1b-51 {sx10+p} The number of the believing generation
Numbers 25:10-26:51 Chiastic Structure
How do the A pairs pair? In 1A, we have Phinehas the Messiah Type turning away the wrath of YHVH because of sin, who has an everlasting covenant of peace. In 2A, we have the believing generation. The structure is pairing the work of Messiah with belief, or faith, in God.
Download the fully expanded Numbers 25:10-26:51 Triennial Pinchas chiasm pdf (Coming …).
Theme of the parashah
The everlasting priesthood (Phinehas foreshadowing Yeshua by type) establishes peace for the believing generation.
Finding Messiah in Triennial Pinchas
“Phinehas has turned back My wrath from the children of Israel, because he was zealous with My zeal among them, so that I did not consume the children of Israel in My zeal. Behold, I give to him My covenant of peace; and it shall be to him and his descendants after him a covenant of an everlasting priesthood, because he was zealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.” Num 25:10-13
When the priesthood is no more, how does Phinehas have a covenant of an everlasting priesthood? It is because Phinehas is foreshadowing by Prophetic Type the everlasting priesthood of Messiah Yeshua, who was very jealous for His God, and made atonement for the children of Israel; who has turned away YHVH’s just wrath because of sin.
Additional readings for this parashah
Psa 113 (my notes) | Mal 2 (my notes) | Mat 23 (my notes)
Studies in Triennial Pinchas
Numbers 25, Bible for Beginners
Numbers 26, Bible for Beginners
Numbers 25 and 26, And the persistent trap of idolatry
Off-site Studies
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SCRIPTURE REVEALED SERIES by CHRISTINE MILLER:
THE LAW of LOVE | FINDING MESSIAH in TORAH | NUMBERS in CHIASTIC STRUCTURE
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