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Numbers 25:1

MoabMoabShittim
SinTemptation
While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,

2 who also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to these gods.

3 So Israel joined in worshiping Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD burned against them.

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BSB
While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,
KJV
And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
WEB
Israel stayed in Shittim; and the people began to play the prostitute with the daughters of Moab;
ASV
And Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab:
DARBY
And Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to commit fornication with the daughters of Moab.
BLB
And Israel remained in Shittim, and the people began to prostitute themselves with the daughters of Moab.
ÅB
Mens Israel oppholdt seg i Sittim, begynte folket å drive utukt med Moabs døtre.
OTB
Mens Israel bodde i Sjittim, begynte folket å drive umoral med Moabs døtre.
B1930
Mens Israel opholdt sig i Sittim, begynte folket å drive utukt med Moabs døtre.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Corinthians 10:8

    We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.

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  • Joshua 2:1

    Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.

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  • Numbers 33:49

    And there on the plains of Moab they camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim.

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  • Revelation 2:14

    But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.

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  • Micah 6:5

    My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”

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  • Joshua 3:1

    Early the next morning Joshua got up and left Shittim with all the Israelites. They went as far as the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over.

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  • Numbers 31:15–16

    “Have you spared all the women?” he asked them.

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  • Ecclesiastes 7:26

    And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.

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