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Numbers 25:2
2The women from Moab took Israelite men to watch them as they offered sacrifices to the gods of Moab. The Israelite men joined with the Moabite women to eat at their feasts. They also worshipped the gods of Moab.
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
1The Israelites were staying in Shittim. The men began to have sex with the women from Moab. The women from Moab took Israelite men to watch them as they offered sacrifices to the gods of Moab. The Israelite men joined with the Moabite women to eat at their feasts. They also worshipped the gods of Moab. 3The Israelites joined the Moabite women to worship their god, Baal of Peor. So the Lord became very angry with them. 4The Lord said to Moses, ‘Take hold of all the leaders of these people. Hang them up during the day so that they die and people see them. Do what I tell you, so that I will no longer be angry against the Israelites.’
Read all of Numbers 25Numbers 25:2 word by word
וַתִּקְרֶ֣אןָ לָעָ֔ם לְזִבְחֵ֖י אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ן וַיֹּ֣אכַל הָעָ֔ם וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּ֖וּ לֵֽאלֹהֵיהֶֽן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Numbers 25:2
- Numbers 25:5Moses told the officers of the Israelites, ‘Each of you, kill the men who have worshipped the god, Baal of Peor.’
- Deuteronomy 4:3You saw for yourselves what the Lord your God did at Baal-Peor. He killed every person among you who worshipped Baal there.
- Joshua 22:17We did something very bad at Peor. Even now, we have not made it right. The Lord brought a bad disease to punish us as his people.
- Psalms 106:28After that, they started to worship the false god, Baal of Peor. They ate the food from sacrifices that people gave to dead idols.
- Hosea 9:10The Lord says, ‘When I first found Israel, they gave me pleasure. It was as if I had found grapes in the wilderness. Your ancestors made me happy, like the first fruit on a young fig tree. But then they came to the god, Baal-Peor. They began to worship that disgusting idol. They became as disgusting as the idol that they loved so much.
- Judges 2:14The Lord was very angry with the Israelites and he punished them. He sent robbers to attack them and take their animals and their food. He put them under the power of their enemies who lived around them. They were not strong enough to fight against their enemies.
- Psalms 90:11Lord, nobody knows all the power of your anger. It is your anger that causes people to be afraid of you.
- Jeremiah 17:4I gave you this land to be your home for ever. But it will no longer belong to you. Your enemies will take you to a land that you do not know. You will be their slaves. You have made me very angry, like a fire that nobody can stop.’
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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