Numbers 31:16

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Look, 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!

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  • 2 Pet 2:15 : 15 By forsaking the right path they have gone astray, because they followed the way of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,
  • Rev 2:14 : 14 But I have a few things against you: You have some people there who follow the teaching of Balaam, who instructed Balak to put a stumbling block before the people of Israel so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.
  • Num 25:1-9 : 1 Israel’s Sin with the Moabite Women When Israel lived in Shittim, the people began to commit sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab. 2 These women invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods; then the people ate and bowed down to their gods. 3 When Israel joined themselves to Baal-peor, the anger of the LORD flared up against Israel. 4 God’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.” 5 So Moses said to the judges of Israel,“Each of you must execute those of his men who were joined to Baal-peor.” 6 Just 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. 7 When Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he got up from among the assembly, took a javelin in his hand, 8 and 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. 9 Those that died in the plague were 24,000.
  • Deut 4:3 : 3 You have witnessed what the LORD did at Baal Peor, how he eradicated from your midst everyone who followed Baal Peor.
  • 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.
  • Num 24:14 : 14 And now, I am about to go back to my own people. Come now, and I will advise you as to what this people will do to your people in the future.”
  • Prov 23:27 : 27 for a prostitute is like a deep pit; a harlot is like a narrow well.
  • Eccl 7:26 : 26 I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter’s snare; her heart is like a hunter’s net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.
  • Num 25:18 : 18 because 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.”

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  • Num 25:16-18
    3 verses
    84%

    16Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

    17“Bring trouble to the Midianites, and destroy them,

    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.”

  • Josh 22:16-18
    3 verses
    82%

    16“The entire community of the LORD says,‘Why have you disobeyed the God of Israel by turning back today from following the LORD? You built an altar for yourselves and have rebelled today against the LORD.

    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.

  • Num 25:3
    80%

    3When Israel joined themselves to Baal-peor, the anger of the LORD flared up against Israel.

  • Num 25:5-6
    2 verses
    79%

    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.

  • Deut 4:3
    78%

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

  • Num 31:17
    78%

    17Now therefore kill every boy, and kill every woman who has been intimate with a man in bed.

  • Num 23:27-28
    2 verses
    77%

    27Balak said to Balaam,“Come, please; I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God to let you curse them for me from there.”

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

  • Num 25:8-10
    3 verses
    77%

    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.

    9Those that died in the plague were 24,000.

    10The Aftermath The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Josh 13:22
    76%

    22The Israelites killed Balaam son of Beor, the omen reader, along with the others.

  • Ps 106:28-29
    2 verses
    76%

    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.

  • 2 Pet 2:15
    75%

    15By forsaking the right path they have gone astray, because they followed the way of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,

  • Num 22:7
    75%

    7So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the fee for divination in their hand. They came to Balaam and reported to him the words of Balak.

  • Num 16:41
    74%

    41But on the next day the whole community of Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying,“You have killed the LORD’s people!”

  • Num 22:5
    74%

    5And he sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates River in the land of Amaw, to summon him, saying,“Look, a nation has come out of Egypt. They cover the face of the earth, and they are settling next to me.

  • Neh 13:2
    74%

    2for they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but instead had hired Balaam to curse them.(Our God, however, turned the curse into blessing.)

  • Num 22:41
    74%

    41Then on the next morning Balak took Balaam, and brought him up to Bamoth Baal. From there he saw the extent of the nation.

  • Num 11:33
    74%

    33But while the meat was still between their teeth, before they chewed it, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and the LORD struck the people with a very great plague.

  • Josh 24:9
    74%

    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 25:1
    74%

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

  • Num 16:26
    73%

    26And he said to the community,“Move away from the tents of these wicked men, and do not touch anything they have, lest you be destroyed because of all their sins.”

  • Num 22:2
    73%

    2Balak son of Zippor saw all that the Israelites had done to the Amorites.

  • Num 23:11
    73%

    11Balaam Relocates Then Balak said to Balaam,“What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, but on the contrary you have only blessed them!”

  • Exod 32:35
    73%

    35And the LORD sent a plague on the people because they had made the calf– the one Aaron made.

  • Num 23:17
    73%

    17When Balaam came to him, he was still standing by his burnt offering, along with the princes of Moab. And Balak said to him,“What has the LORD spoken?”

  • Josh 22:20
    73%

    20When Achan son of Zerah disobeyed the command about the city’s riches, the entire Israelite community was judged, though only one man had sinned. He most certainly died for his sin!’”

  • Num 14:37
    73%

    37those men who produced the evil report about the land, died by the plague before the LORD.

  • Num 16:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20The Judgment on the Rebels The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:

    21“Separate yourselves from among this community, that I may consume them in an instant.”

  • Deut 23:4
    72%

    4for they did not meet you with food and water on the way as you came from Egypt, and furthermore, they hired Balaam son of Beor of Pethor in Aram Naharaim to curse you.

  • Rev 2:14
    72%

    14But I have a few things against you: You have some people there who follow the teaching of Balaam, who instructed Balak to put a stumbling block before the people of Israel so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.

  • Hos 9:10
    72%

    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.

  • Num 31:15
    72%

    15Moses said to them,“Have you allowed all the women to live?

  • Num 16:49
    72%

    49Now 14,700 people died in the plague, in addition to those who died in the event with Korah.

  • Deut 9:22
    72%

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

  • Deut 31:16
    72%

    16Then the LORD said to Moses,“You are about to die, and then these people will begin to prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land into which they are going. They will reject me and break my covenant that I have made with them.

  • 1 Cor 10:8
    72%

    8And let us not be immoral, as some of them were, and twenty-three thousand died in a single day.

  • Exod 34:16
    72%

    16and you then take his daughters for your sons, and when his daughters prostitute themselves to their gods, they will make your sons prostitute themselves to their gods as well.

  • Deut 3:29
    72%

    29So we settled down in the valley opposite Beth Peor.

  • Num 26:1
    72%

    1A Second Census Required After the plague the LORD said to Moses and to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest,