Numbers 25:1
And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
2 And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
3 And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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
Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
Read in contextJoshua 2:1
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
Read in contextNumbers 33:49
And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth-jesimoth even unto Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.
Read in contextRevelation 2:14
But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
Read in contextMicah 6:5
O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.
Read in contextJoshua 3:1
And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
Read in contextNumbers 31:15–16
And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
Read in contextEcclesiastes 7:26
And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
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