Numbers 25:18

King James Version 1611 (Original)

For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.

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  • Rev 2:14 : 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.
  • Gen 3:13 : 13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
  • Gen 26:10 : 10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
  • Exod 32:21 : 21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?
  • Exod 32:35 : 35 And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
  • Num 31:15-16 : 15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? 16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.
  • 2 Cor 11:3 : 3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
  • 2 Pet 2:14-15 : 14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: 15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
  • 2 Pet 2:18 : 18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.

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  • Num 31:15-17
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    15And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?

    16Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.

    17Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.

  • Num 25:14-17
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    14Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites.

    15And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.

    16And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

    17Vex the Midianites, and smite them:

  • Josh 22:17-18
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    17Is 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,

    18But that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to day against the LORD, that to morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.

  • Num 25:5-6
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    5And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baalpeor.

    6And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

  • Ps 106:28-29
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    28They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

    29Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.

  • Num 25:8-10
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    8And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.

    9And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.

    10And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Deut 4:3
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    3Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you.

  • Num 25:1-3
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    1And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

    2And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.

    3And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.

  • Deut 9:22
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    22And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath.

  • Deut 23:4
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    4Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.

  • Deut 20:18
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    18That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.

  • Neh 9:18
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    18Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;

  • Exod 32:35
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    35And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.

  • 1 Chr 5:25
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    25And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them.

  • Num 31:8-9
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    8And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.

    9And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.

  • Num 11:33
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    33And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.

  • Num 31:2
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    2Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.

  • Josh 13:22
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    22Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.

  • 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: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.

  • Judg 11:25
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    25And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,

  • Num 22:7
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    7And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.

  • Ezek 16:26
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    26Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger.

  • Exod 34:16
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    16And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.

  • Josh 24:9
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    9Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:

  • 2 Pet 2:15
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    15Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

  • Num 22:5
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    5He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:

  • Ps 106:32
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    32They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:

  • 1 Cor 10:8
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    8Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

  • Josh 13:20
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    20And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth,

  • Deut 32:51
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    51Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.

  • Lev 18:24
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    24Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:

  • Jude 1:11
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    11Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.

  • Num 23:28
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    28And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.

  • 2 Kgs 17:17
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    17And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

  • Ps 78:30
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    30They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,