Numbers 25:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So Israel joined in worshiping Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD burned against them.”
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“So Israel joined in worshiping Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD burned against them.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Israel joined himself unto Baal–peor: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and Israel is joined to Baal-Peor, and the anger of Jehovah burneth against Israel.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Numbers 25:3 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 25:5So Moses told the judges of Israel, “Each of you must kill all of his men who have joined in worshiping Baal of Peor.”
- 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.
- Deuteronomy 4:3Your 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.
- 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.
- Judges 2:11And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.
- Judges 2:13for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.
- Judges 2:14Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.
- Judges 2:20So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He said, “Because this nation has transgressed the covenant I laid down for their fathers and has not heeded My voice,
- Psalms 90:11Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.
- Psalms 106:28They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.
- Psalms 106:29So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
- Jeremiah 17:4And you yourself will relinquish the inheritance that I gave you. I will enslave you to your enemies in a land that you do not know, for you have kindled My anger; it will burn forever.”
- Hosea 4:14I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a people without understanding will come to ruin.
- 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.
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