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Numbers 25:2
2And they invited the people to the sacrifices of their 1gods; and the people ate, and bowed down to their 2gods.
Numbers 25:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
- New International Version (NIV)who invited them to the sacrifices to their gods. The people ate the sacrificial meal and bowed down before these gods.
- English Standard Version (ESV)These invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.
Context of Numbers 25:2
1And Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to commit fornication with the daughters of Moab. And they invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods; and the people ate, and bowed down to their gods. 3And Israel joined himself to Baal-Peor; and the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel. 4And Jehovah said to Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up to Jehovah before the sun, that the fierce anger of Jehovah may be turned away from Israel.
Read all of Numbers 25Numbers 25:2 word by word
וַתִּקְרֶ֣אןָ לָעָ֔ם לְזִבְחֵ֖י אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ן וַיֹּ֣אכַל הָעָ֔ם וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּ֖וּ לֵֽאלֹהֵיהֶֽן׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Numbers 25:2
- Numbers 25:5And Moses said to the judges of Israel, Slay every one his men that have joined themselves to Baal-Peor.
- Deuteronomy 4:3Your 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 among you;
- Joshua 22:17Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us? from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the assembly of Jehovah.
- Psalms 106:28And they joined themselves unto Baal-Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead;
- Hosea 9:10I found Israel as grapes in the wilderness; as first-ripe fruit on the fig-tree, I saw your fathers at the beginning: they went to Baal-Peor, and separated themselves unto that shame, and became abominations like their lover.
- Judges 2:14And the anger of Jehovah was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about; and they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
- Psalms 90:11Who knoweth the power of thine anger? and thy wrath according to the fear of thee?
- Jeremiah 17:4And of thyself thou shalt let go thine inheritance which I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in a land that thou knowest not; for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, — it shall burn for ever.
Commentaries on Numbers 25:2
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2And they called - i. e., “the daughters of Moab called.”Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The Israelites participated in worship feasts associated with the gods of Moab (see Psalm 106:28).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-181. Israel abode in Shittim--a verdant meadow, so called from a grove of acacia trees which lined the eastern side of the Jordan. (See Nu 33:49).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Numbers 25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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