Numbers 25:2

1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

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.

4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from 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
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)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Corinthians 10:20

    But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.

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  • Exodus 20:5

    Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

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  • Exodus 34:15–16

    Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;

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  • Psalms 106:28

    They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

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  • Hosea 9:10

    I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baal-peor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.

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  • 1 Kings 11:1–8

    But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;

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  • Joshua 22:17

    Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD,

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  • Revelation 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.

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