* what the.
  Nu 25:1-9  31:16  Jos 22:17  Ps 106:28,29  Ho 9:10 
 * for all the men.
   It appears from this appeal, that the pestilence, as well as
   the sword of the magistrates, singled out the guilty persons
   and spared the rest.  (Ps 91:6-8).  The legislator, in order
   to deter the Jews from idolatry, alludes to this fact, but he
   notices no circumstance but one, which, though in the original
   narrative was not stated, was infinitely the most important to
   advert to on this occasion; but which no persons, but
   spectators of the fact, and perfectly acquainted with every
   individual concerned in it, could possibly feel the truth of.

  Nu 26:64