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Deuteronomy 4:3

BaalBaal-peor
Judgment

1 Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

2 You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you.

Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor.

4 But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive to this day, every one of you.

5 See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land that you are about to enter and possess.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor.
KJV
Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baal-peor: for all the men that followed Baal-peor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you.
WEB
Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baal Peor; for the LORD your God has destroyed all the men who followed Baal Peor from among you.
ASV
Your eyes have seen what Jehovah did because of Baal-peor; for all the men that followed Baal-peor, Jehovah thy God hath destroyed them from the midst of thee.
DARBY
Your eyes have seen what Jehovah did because of Baal-Peor; for all the men that followed Baal-Peor, Jehovah thy God hath destroyed them from among you;
BLB
Your⁺ eyes have seen what YHWH did at Baal-peor, for all the men who walked after Baal-Peor YHWH your God has destroyed from among you.
ÅB
Dere har med egne øyne sett hva Herren gjorde da det hendte det med Ba'al Peor; hver mann som holdt seg til Ba'al Peor, utryddet Herren din Gud av din midte,
OTB
Dere har sett med egne øyne hva Herren gjorde med Ba’al-Peor, for Herren deres Gud utryddet fra dere alle som fulgte Ba’al-Peor.
B1930
I har med egne øine sett hvad Herren gjorde da det hendte det med Ba'al Peor; hver mann som holdt sig til Ba'al Peor, utryddet Herren din Gud av din midte,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Numbers 25:1–9

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

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  • Psalms 106:28–29

    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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  • Numbers 26:64

    Among all these, however, there was not one who had been numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they counted the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai.

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  • Numbers 31:16

    “Look, these women caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to turn unfaithfully against the LORD at Peor, so that the plague struck the congregation of the LORD.

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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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