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Numbers 25:2

TemptationPraise and worship

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

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.

4 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that His fierce anger may turn away from Israel.”

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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.

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BSB
who also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to these gods.
KJV
And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
WEB
for they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods. The people ate and bowed down to their gods.
ASV
for they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods; and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
DARBY
And they invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods; and the people ate, and bowed down to their gods.
BLB
And they invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.
ÅB
De innbød folket til offermåltidene for sine guder, og folket spiste og tilba deres guder;
OTB
De inviterte folket til ofrene for sine guder, og israelittene spiste og bøyde seg for disse gudene.
B1930
De innbød folket til offermåltidene for sine guder, og folket åt og tilbad deres guder;

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Corinthians 10:20

    No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.

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  • Exodus 20:5

    You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

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  • Exodus 34:15–16

    Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices.

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  • Psalms 106:28

    They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.

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  • Hosea 9:10

    I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved.

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  • 1 Kings 11:1–8

    King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.

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  • Joshua 22:17

    Was not the sin of Peor enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day? It even brought a plague upon the congregation of the LORD.

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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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