Deuteronomy 4:3

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“Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor.”

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BSBPD

“Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal–peor: for all the men that followed Baal–peor, the Lord thy God hath destroyed them from among you.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Your eyes have seen what Jehovah did because of Baal-peor; for all the men that followed Baal-peor, Jehovah thy God hath destroyed them from the midst of thee.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`Your eyes are seeing that which Jehovah hath done in Baal-Peor, for every man who hath gone after Baal-Peor, Jehovah thy God hath destroyed him from thy midst;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 4:3 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 25:1While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,
  2. Numbers 25:3So Israel joined in worshiping Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD burned against them.
  3. Numbers 26:64Among all these, however, there was not one who had been numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they counted the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai.
  4. Numbers 31:16“Look, these women caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to turn unfaithfully against the LORD at Peor, so that the plague struck the congregation of the LORD.
  5. Deuteronomy 11:7For it is your own eyes that have seen every great work that the LORD has done.
  6. Joshua 22:17Was not the sin of Peor enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day? It even brought a plague upon the congregation of the LORD.
  7. Psalms 106:28They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.
  8. Hosea 9:10I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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