Sin Will Shrink Your Territory, The Presence will Prosper It
Numbers 25 ends auspiciously. The passage makes certain we know who was the man that committed the gross sin in the sight of the Lord with the Midianite woman and was struck down with her at the hand of Phinehas. Numbers 25:14 (ESV) The name of the slain man of Israel, who was killed with the Midianite woman, was Zimri the son of Salu, chief of a father’s house belonging to the Simeonites . What we know is that he is from the Simeon tribe. This is why his name and tribe are mentioned. The very next chapter is the census of the new generation. Interestingly, the tribe that has LOST the most men is also the tribe of Simeon. Numbers 26:12–14 (ESV) The sons of Simeon according to their clans: of Nemuel, the clan of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the clan of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the clan of the Jachinites; 13 of Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the clan of the Shaulites. 14 These are the clans of the Simeonites, 22,200 . In the first census, the Simeonites...