Verse 16
Behold, these{H2007} caused{H1961} the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} through the counsel{H1697} of Balaam,{H1109} to commit{H4560} trespass{H4604} against Jehovah{H3068} in the matter{H1697} of Peor,{H6465} and so the plague{H4046} was among the congregation{H5712} of Jehovah.{H3068}
Referenced Verses
- 2 Pet 2:15 : 15 forsaking{G2641} the right{G2117} way,{G3598} they went astray,{G4105} having followed{G1811} the way{G3598} of Balaam{G903} the [son] of Beor,{G1007} who{G3739} loved{G25} the hire{G3408} of wrong-doing;{G93}
- Rev 2:14 : 14 But{G235} I have{G2192} a few things{G3641} against{G2596} thee,{G4675} because{G3754} thou hast{G2192} there{G1563} some that hold{G2902} the teaching{G1322} of Balaam,{G903} who{G3739} taught{G1321} Balak{G904} to cast{G906} a stumblingblock{G4625} before{G1799} the children{G5207} of Israel,{G2474} to eat{G5315} things sacrificed to idols,{G1494} and{G2532} to commit fornication.{G4203}
- Num 25:1-9 : 1 And Israel{H3478} abode{H3427} in Shittim;{H7851} and the people{H5971} began{H2490} to play the harlot{H2181} with the daughters{H1323} of Moab:{H4124} 2 for they called{H7121} the people{H5971} unto the sacrifices{H2077} of their gods;{H430} and the people{H5971} did eat,{H398} and bowed down{H7812} to their gods.{H430} 3 And Israel{H3478} joined{H6775} himself unto Baal-peor:{H1187} and the anger{H639} of Jehovah{H3068} was kindled{H2734} against Israel.{H3478} 4 And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto Moses,{H4872} Take{H3947} all the chiefs{H7218} of the people,{H5971} and hang them up{H3363} unto Jehovah{H3068} before{H5048} the sun,{H8121} that the fierce{H2740} anger{H639} of Jehovah{H3068} may turn away{H7725} from Israel.{H3478} 5 And Moses{H4872} said{H559} unto the judges{H8199} of Israel,{H3478} Slay{H2026} ye every{H376} one{H376} his men{H582} that have joined{H6775} themselves unto Baal-peor.{H1187} 6 And, behold, one{H376} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} came{H935} and brought{H7126} unto his brethren{H251} a Midianitish woman{H4084} in the sight{H5869} of Moses,{H4872} and in the sight{H5869} of all the congregation{H5712} of the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} while they were weeping{H1058} at the door{H6607} of the tent{H168} of meeting.{H4150} 7 And when Phinehas,{H6372} the son{H1121} of Eleazar,{H499} the son{H1121} of Aaron{H175} the priest,{H3548} saw{H7200} it, he rose up{H6965} from the midst{H8432} of the congregation,{H5712} and took{H3947} a spear{H7420} in his hand;{H3027} 8 and he went{H935} after{H310} the man{H376} of Israel{H3478} into the pavilion,{H6898} and thrust{H1856} both{H8147} of them through, the man{H376} of Israel,{H3478} and the woman{H802} through{H413} her body.{H6897} So the plague{H4046} was stayed{H6113} from the children{H1121} of Israel.{H3478} 9 And those that died{H4191} by the plague{H4046} were twenty{H6242} and four{H702} thousand.{H505}
- Deut 4:3 : 3 Your eyes{H5869} have seen{H7200} what Jehovah{H3068} did{H6213} because of Baal-peor;{H1187} for all the men{H376} that followed{H310} Baal-peor,{H1187} Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} hath destroyed{H8045} them from the midst{H7130} of thee.
- Josh 22:17 : 17 Is the iniquity{H5771} of Peor{H6465} too little{H4592} for us, from which we have not cleansed{H2891} ourselves unto this day,{H3117} although there came a plague{H5063} upon the congregation{H5712} of Jehovah,{H3068}
- Num 24:14 : 14 And now, behold, I go{H1980} unto my people:{H5971} come,{H3212} [and] I will advertise{H3289} thee what this people{H5971} shall do{H6213} to thy people{H5971} in the latter{H319} days.{H3117}
- Prov 23:27 : 27 For a harlot{H2181} is a deep{H6013} ditch;{H7745} And a foreign woman{H5237} is a narrow{H6862} pit.{H875}
- Eccl 7:26 : 26 And I find{H4672} more bitter{H4751} than death{H4194} the woman{H802} whose heart{H3820} is snares{H4685} and nets,{H2764} [and] whose hands{H3027} are bands:{H612} whoso pleaseth{H2896} God{H430} shall escape{H4422} from her; but the sinner{H2398} shall be taken{H3920} by her.
- Num 25:18 : 18 for they vex{H6887} you with their wiles,{H5231} wherewith they have beguiled{H5230} you in the matter{H1697} of Peor,{H6465} and in the matter{H1697} of Cozbi,{H3579} the daughter{H1323} of the prince{H5387} of Midian,{H4080} their sister,{H269} who was slain{H5221} on the day{H3117} of the plague{H4046} in the matter{H1697} of Peor.{H6465}