31:16 Look, these people through the counsel of Balaam caused the Israelites to act treacherously against the Lord in the matter of Peor – which resulted in the plague among the community of the Lord!(NET).
25:1 When Israel lived in Shittim, the people began to commit sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab. 25:2 These women invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods; then the people ate and bowed down to their gods. 25:3 When Israel joined themselves to Baal-peor, the anger of the Lord flared up against Israel.... 25:5 So Moses said to the judges of Israel,(NET).Each of you must execute those of his men who were joined to Baal-peor.25:6 Just then one of the Israelites came and brought to his brothers a Midianite woman in the plain view of Moses and of the whole community of the Israelites, while they were weeping at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 25:7 When Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he got up from among the assembly, took a javelin in his hand, 25:8 and went after the Israelite man into the tent and thrust through the Israelite man and into the woman’s abdomen. So the plague was stopped from the Israelites.... 25:15 The name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi daughter of Zur. He was a leader over the people of a clan of Midian. 25:16 Then the Lord spoke to Moses: 25:17Bring trouble to the Midianites, and destroy them, 25:18 because they bring trouble to you by their treachery with which they have deceived you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, who was killed on the day of the plague that happened as a result of Peor
31:8 They killed the kings of Midian in addition to those slain – Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba – five Midianite kings. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword(NET).
ἀνατελεῖ ἄστρον (See also Rv. 22:16:a star will arise) from Numbers 24 probably inspired τὸν ἀστέρα τὸν πρωϊνόν (the morning star) in Rev. 2:28, since ἀνατολή can meansunriseordawn.Therefore, themorning staris a symbol associated with the messianic reign; similarly, thestarin Num. 24:17 is interpreted as a metaphor forkingby the Targums, probably because it is in synonymous parallelism withscepter.The application here of this emblem to believers indicates that they will participate in this reign if they overcome. This idea is enhanced from the fact the themorning star(Veus) was a symbol of sovereignty in the ancient world and especially in Rome. Roman emperors claimed to be descended from the goddess Venus, Roman generals built temples dedicated to the star, and it was a sign carried on the standards of the Roman legions. If this is also part of the thought, then the allusion to Numbers has been called forth in order to emphasize that Christ is the true world sovereign in contrast to the claims of evil world empires like Rome.
I, Jesus, ...am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.
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