Numbers 31:16

Geneva Bible (1560)

Behold, these caused the children of Israel through the counsell of Balaam to commit a trespasse against the Lorde, as concerning Peor, and there came a plague among the Congregation of the Lorde.

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  • 2 Pet 2:15 : 15 Which forsaking the right way, haue gone astray, folowing the way of Balaam, the sonne of Bosor, which loued the wages of vnrighteousnes.
  • Rev 2:14 : 14 But I haue a fewe things against thee, because thou hast there them that maintaine the doctrine of Balaam, which taught Balac to put a stumbling blocke before ye children of Israel, that they should eate of things sacrificed vnto Idoles, and commit fornication.
  • Num 25:1-9 : 1 Nowe whiles Israel abode in Shittim, the people began to commit whoredome with the daughters of Moab: 2 Which called the people vnto the sacrifice of their gods, and the people ate, & bowed downe to their gods. 3 And Israel coupled himselfe vnto Baal Peor: wherefore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against Israel: 4 And the Lord sayde vnto Moses, Take all the heades of the people, and hang them vp before the Lord against ye sunne, that the indignation of the Lords wrath may be turned fro Israel. 5 Then Moses sayd vnto the Iudges of Israel, Euery one slay his men that were ioyned vnto Baal Peor. 6 And behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought vnto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the Congregation of the children of Israel, who wept before the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation. 7 And when Phinehas the sonne of Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the Priest sawe it, hee rose vp from the middes of the Congregation, & tooke a speare in his hand, 8 And followed ye man of Israel into the tent, and thrust them both through: to wit, the man of Israel, and the woman, through her belly: so the plague ceased from the children of Israel. 9 And there died in that plague, foure and twentie thousand.
  • Deut 4:3 : 3 Your eyes haue seene what the Lord did because of Baal-Peor, for al the men that folowed Baal-Peor the Lord thy God hath destroyed euery one from among you.
  • Josh 22:17 : 17 Haue we too litle for the wickednesse of Peor, whereof we are not clensed vnto this day, though a plague came vpon the Congregation of the Lord?
  • Num 24:14 : 14 And nowe behold, I goe vnto my people: come, I will aduertise thee what this people shall doe to thy folke in the later dayes.
  • Prov 23:27 : 27 For a whore is as a deepe ditche, and a strange woman is as a narrowe pitte.
  • Eccl 7:26 : 26 (7:28) And I finde more bitter then death the woman whose heart is as nettes and snares, and her handes, as bands: he that is good before God, shalbe deliuered from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.
  • Num 25:18 : 18 For they trouble you with their wiles, wherewith they haue beguiled you as concerning Peor, & as concerning their sister Cozbi ye daughter of a prince of Midian, which was slayne in the day of the plague because of Peor.

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  • Num 25:16-18
    3 verses
    84%

    16Againe ye Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

    17Vexe the Midianites, and smite them:

    18For they trouble you with their wiles, wherewith they haue beguiled you as concerning Peor, & as concerning their sister Cozbi ye daughter of a prince of Midian, which was slayne in the day of the plague because of Peor.

  • Josh 22:16-18
    3 verses
    82%

    16Thus saith the whole congregation of the Lord, What transgressio is this that ye haue transgressed against the God of Israel, to turne away this day from the Lord, in that ye haue built you an altar for to rebell this day against the Lord?

    17Haue we too litle for the wickednesse of Peor, whereof we are not clensed vnto this day, though a plague came vpon the Congregation of the Lord?

    18Ye also are turned away this day from the Lord: and seeing ye rebell to day against ye Lord, euen to morowe he will be wroth with all the Congregation of Israel.

  • Num 25:3
    80%

    3And Israel coupled himselfe vnto Baal Peor: wherefore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against Israel:

  • Num 25:5-6
    2 verses
    79%

    5Then Moses sayd vnto the Iudges of Israel, Euery one slay his men that were ioyned vnto Baal Peor.

    6And behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought vnto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the Congregation of the children of Israel, who wept before the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

  • Deut 4:3
    78%

    3Your eyes haue seene what the Lord did because of Baal-Peor, for al the men that folowed Baal-Peor the Lord thy God hath destroyed euery one from among you.

  • Num 31:17
    78%

    17Now therefore, slay all the males among the children, and kill all the women that haue knowen man by carnall copulation.

  • Num 23:27-28
    2 verses
    77%

    27Againe Balak sayd vnto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I wil bring thee vnto another place, if so be it wil please God, that thou mayest thence curse them for my sake.

    28So Balak brought Balaam vnto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Ieshmon.

  • Num 25:8-10
    3 verses
    77%

    8And followed ye man of Israel into the tent, and thrust them both through: to wit, the man of Israel, and the woman, through her belly: so the plague ceased from the children of Israel.

    9And there died in that plague, foure and twentie thousand.

    10Then the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

  • Josh 13:22
    76%

    22And Balaam the sonne of Beor the soothsayer did the children of Israel slay with the sword, among them that were slaine.

  • Ps 106:28-29
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    76%

    28They ioyned themselues also vnto Baalpeor, and did eate the offrings of the dead.

    29Thus they prouoked him vnto anger with their owne inuentions, and the plague brake in vpon them.

  • 2 Pet 2:15
    75%

    15Which forsaking the right way, haue gone astray, folowing the way of Balaam, the sonne of Bosor, which loued the wages of vnrighteousnes.

  • Num 22:7
    75%

    7And the Elders of Moab, and the Elders of Midian departed, hauing the reward of the soothsaying in their hande, and they came vnto Balaam, and tolde him the wordes of Balak.

  • Num 16:41
    74%

    41But on the morowe all the multitude of the children of Israel murmured against Moses & against Aaron, saying, Ye haue killed the people of the Lord.

  • Num 22:5
    74%

    5Hee sent messengers therefore vnto Balaam the sonne of Beor to Pethor (which is by the riuer of the lande of the children of his folke) to call him, saying, Beholde, there is a people come out of Egypt, which couer the face of the earth, and lye ouer against me.

  • Neh 13:2
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    2Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: and our God turned the curse into a blessing.

  • Num 22:41
    74%

    41And on the morowe Balak tooke Balaam, and brought him vp into the hie places of Baal, that thence hee might see the vtmost part of the people.

  • Num 11:33
    74%

    33While the flesh was yet betweene their teeth, before it was chewed, euen the wrath of the Lorde was kindled against the people, and the Lorde smote the people with an exceeding great plague.

  • Josh 24:9
    74%

    9Also Balak the sonne of Zippor King of Moab arose and warred against Israel, and sent to call Balaam the sonne of Beor for to curse you,

  • Num 25:1
    74%

    1Nowe whiles Israel abode in Shittim, the people began to commit whoredome with the daughters of Moab:

  • Num 16:26
    73%

    26And he spake vnto the Congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tentes of these wicked men, and touche nothing of theirs, lest ye perish in all their sinnes.

  • Num 22:2
    73%

    2Now Balak the sonne of Zippor sawe all that Israel had done to the Amorites.

  • Num 23:11
    73%

    11Then Balak saide vnto Balaam, What hast thou done vnto mee? I tooke thee to curse mine enemies, and beholde, thou hast blessed them altogether.

  • Exod 32:35
    73%

    35So the Lorde plagued the people, because they caused Aaro to make ye calfe which he made.

  • Num 23:17
    73%

    17And when he came to him, beholde, hee stoode by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him: so Balak sayde vnto him, What hath the Lord sayd?

  • Josh 22:20
    73%

    20Did not Achan ye sonne of Zerah trespasse grieuously in the execrable thing, and wrath fell on all the Congregation of Israel? And this man alone perished not in his wickednesse.

  • Num 14:37
    73%

    37Euen those men that did bring vp that vile slander vpon the land, shall die by a plague before the Lorde.

  • Num 16:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and to Aaron, saying,

    21Separate your selues from among this Cogregation, that I may consume them at once.

  • Deut 23:4
    72%

    4Because they met you not with bread & water in the way, when yee came out of Egypt, and because they hyred against thee Balaam the sonne of Beor, of Pethor in Aram-naharaim, to curse thee.

  • Rev 2:14
    72%

    14But I haue a fewe things against thee, because thou hast there them that maintaine the doctrine of Balaam, which taught Balac to put a stumbling blocke before ye children of Israel, that they should eate of things sacrificed vnto Idoles, and commit fornication.

  • Hos 9:10
    72%

    10I found Israel like grapes in the wildernes: I saw your fathers as the first ripe in the figge tree at her first time: but they went to Baal-Peor, and separated themselues vnto that shame, and their abominations were according to their louers.

  • Num 31:15
    72%

    15And Moses sayde vnto them, What? haue ye saued all the women?

  • Num 16:49
    72%

    49So they died of this plague fourtene thousande and seuen hundreth, beside them that dyed in the conspiracie of Korah.

  • Deut 9:22
    72%

    22Also in Taberah, & in Massah and in Kibrothhattaauah ye prouoked ye Lord to anger.

  • Deut 31:16
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    16And the Lorde said vnto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleepe with thy fathers, and this people will rise vp, and goe a whoring after the gods of a strange land (whither they goe to dwell therein) and will forsake me, and breake my couenant which I haue made with them.

  • 1 Cor 10:8
    72%

    8Neither let vs commit fornication, as some of them committed fornication, and fell in one day three and twentie thousand.

  • Exod 34:16
    72%

    16And least thou take of their daughters vnto thy sonnes, and their daughters goe a whoring after their gods, and make thy sonnes goe a whoring after their gods.

  • Deut 3:29
    72%

    29So wee abode in the valley ouer against Beth-Peor.

  • Num 26:1
    72%

    1And so after the plague, the Lord spake vnto Moses, and to Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the Priest, saying,