Numbers 25:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

When Israel joined themselves to Baal-peor, the anger of the LORD flared up against Israel.

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Referenced Verses

  • Josh 22:17 : 17 The sin we committed at Peor was bad enough. To this very day we have not purified ourselves; it even brought a plague on the community of the LORD.
  • Hos 9:10 : 10 When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the wilderness. I viewed your ancestors like an early fig on a fig tree in its first season. Then they came to Baal-Peor and they dedicated themselves to shame– they became as detestable as what they loved.
  • Ps 106:28-29 : 28 They worshiped Baal of Peor, and ate sacrifices offered to the dead. 29 They made the LORD angry by their actions, and a plague broke out among them.
  • Jer 17:4 : 4 You will lose your hold on the land which I gave to you as a permanent possession. I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you know nothing about. For you have made my anger burn like a fire that will never be put out.”
  • Num 25:5 : 5 So Moses said to the judges of Israel,“Each of you must execute those of his men who were joined to Baal-peor.”
  • Deut 4:3-4 : 3 You have witnessed what the LORD did at Baal Peor, how he eradicated from your midst everyone who followed Baal Peor. 4 But you who remained faithful to the LORD your God are still alive to this very day, every one of you.
  • Judg 2:14 : 14 The LORD was furious with Israel and handed them over to robbers who plundered them. He turned them over to their enemies who lived around them. They could no longer withstand their enemies’ attacks.
  • Judg 2:20 : 20 A Divine Decision The LORD was furious with Israel. He said,“This nation has violated the terms of the covenant I made with their ancestors by disobeying me.
  • Ps 90:11 : 11 Who can really fathom the intensity of your anger? Your raging fury causes people to fear you.

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  • Num 25:4-6
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    4God’s Punishment The LORD said to Moses,“Arrest all the leaders of the people, and hang them up before the LORD in broad daylight, so that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.”

    5So Moses said to the judges of Israel,“Each of you must execute those of his men who were joined to Baal-peor.”

    6Just then one of the Israelites came and brought to his brothers a Midianite woman in the plain view of Moses and of the whole community of the Israelites, while they were weeping at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

  • Num 31:16
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    16Look, these people through the counsel of Balaam caused the Israelites to act treacherously against the LORD in the matter of Peor– which resulted in the plague among the community of the LORD!

  • Ps 106:28-29
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    28They worshiped Baal of Peor, and ate sacrifices offered to the dead.

    29They made the LORD angry by their actions, and a plague broke out among them.

  • Num 25:1-2
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    77%

    1Israel’s Sin with the Moabite Women When Israel lived in Shittim, the people began to commit sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab.

    2These women invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods; then the people ate and bowed down to their gods.

  • Judg 2:11-14
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    11A Monotonous Cycle The Israelites did evil before the LORD by worshiping the Baals.

    12They abandoned the LORD God of their ancestors who brought them out of the land of Egypt. They followed other gods– the gods of the nations who lived around them. They worshiped them and made the LORD angry.

    13They abandoned the LORD and worshiped Baal and the Ashtoreths.

    14The LORD was furious with Israel and handed them over to robbers who plundered them. He turned them over to their enemies who lived around them. They could no longer withstand their enemies’ attacks.

  • Judg 2:20
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    20A Divine Decision The LORD was furious with Israel. He said,“This nation has violated the terms of the covenant I made with their ancestors by disobeying me.

  • Ps 78:21
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    21When the LORD heard this, he was furious. A fire broke out against Jacob, and his anger flared up against Israel,

  • Judg 3:7
    75%

    7Othniel: A Model Leader The Israelites did evil in the LORD’s sight. They forgot the LORD their God and worshiped the Baals and the Asherahs.

  • Ps 78:59
    74%

    59God heard and was angry; he completely rejected Israel.

  • Deut 9:22
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    22Moreover, you continued to provoke the LORD at Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth-Hattaavah.

  • Josh 22:17-18
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    17The sin we committed at Peor was bad enough. To this very day we have not purified ourselves; it even brought a plague on the community of the LORD.

    18Now today you dare to turn back from following the LORD! You are rebelling today against the LORD; tomorrow he may break out in anger against the entire community of Israel.

  • Hos 9:10
    73%

    10When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the wilderness. I viewed your ancestors like an early fig on a fig tree in its first season. Then they came to Baal-Peor and they dedicated themselves to shame– they became as detestable as what they loved.

  • Ps 78:31
    73%

    31when the anger of God flared up against them. He killed some of the strongest of them; he brought the young men of Israel to their knees.

  • Judg 10:6-7
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    6The Lord’s Patience Runs Short The Israelites again did evil in the LORD’s sight. They worshiped the Baals and the Ashtoreths, as well as the gods of Syria, Sidon, Moab, the Ammonites, and the Philistines. They abandoned the LORD and did not worship him.

    7The LORD was furious with Israel and turned them over to the Philistines and Ammonites.

  • Deut 4:3
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    3You have witnessed what the LORD did at Baal Peor, how he eradicated from your midst everyone who followed Baal Peor.

  • Num 25:18
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    18because they bring trouble to you by their treachery with which they have deceived you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, who was killed on the day of the plague that happened as a result of Peor.”

  • Deut 29:27
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    27That is why the LORD’s anger erupted against this land, bringing on it all the curses written in this scroll.

  • Exod 32:8
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    8They have quickly turned aside from the way that I commanded them– they have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it and sacrificed to it and said,‘These are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt.’”

  • Num 32:13-14
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    13So the LORD’s anger was kindled against the Israelites, and he made them wander in the wilderness for forty years, until all that generation that had done wickedly before the LORD was finished.

    14Now look, you are standing in your fathers’ place, a brood of sinners, to increase still further the fierce wrath of the LORD against the Israelites.

  • Num 32:10
    72%

    10So the anger of the LORD was kindled that day, and he swore,

  • Deut 32:16
    72%

    16They made him jealous with other gods, they enraged him with abhorrent idols.

  • 1 Chr 21:7
    72%

    7God was also offended by it, so he attacked Israel.

  • Num 25:10
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    10The Aftermath The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • 2 Kgs 17:17
    71%

    17They passed their sons and daughters through the fire, and practiced divination and omen reading. They committed themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD and made him angry.

  • Deut 9:8
    71%

    8At Horeb you provoked him and he was angry enough with you to destroy you.

  • Ps 106:40
    71%

    40So the LORD was angry with his people and despised the people who belong to him.

  • 1 Kgs 22:53
    71%

    53He worshiped and bowed down to Baal, angering the LORD God of Israel just as his father had done.

  • 2 Kgs 17:11
    71%

    11They burned incense on all the high places just like the nations whom the LORD had driven away from before them. Their evil practices made the LORD angry.

  • Num 11:1
    71%

    1The Israelites Complain When the people complained, it displeased the LORD. When the LORD heard it, his anger burned, and so the fire of the LORD burned among them and consumed some of the outer parts of the camp.

  • Neh 9:18
    71%

    18even when they made a cast image of a calf for themselves and said,‘This is your God who brought you up from Egypt,’ or when they committed atrocious blasphemies.

  • Num 22:2
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    2Balak son of Zippor saw all that the Israelites had done to the Amorites.

  • Josh 23:16
    71%

    16If you violate the covenantal laws of the LORD your God which he commanded you to keep, and follow, worship, and bow down to other gods, the LORD will be very angry with you and you will disappear quickly from the good land which he gave to you.”

  • Num 23:28
    70%

    28So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks toward the wastelands.

  • Judg 10:10
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    10The Israelites cried out for help to the LORD:“We have sinned against you. We abandoned our God and worshiped the Baals.”

  • Deut 1:34
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    34Judgment at Kadesh Barnea When the LORD heard you, he became angry and made this vow:

  • Josh 24:9
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    9Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, launched an attack against Israel. He summoned Balaam son of Beor to call down judgment on you.

  • Num 25:16
    70%

    16Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 21:6
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    6So the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and they bit the people; many people of Israel died.

  • Num 25:8
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    8and went after the Israelite man into the tent and thrust through the Israelite man and into the woman’s abdomen. So the plague was stopped from the Israelites.