English Standard Version
Numbers 25:2
2These invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)These women invited them to attend sacrifices to their gods, so the Israelites feasted with them and worshiped the gods of Moab.
Context of Numbers 25:2
1While Israel lived in Shittim, the people began to whore with the daughters of Moab. These invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods. 3So Israel yoked himself to Baal of Peor. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel. 4And the Lord said to Moses, "Take all the chiefs of the people and hang them in the sun before the Lord, that the fierce anger of the Lord may turn away from Israel."
Read all of Numbers 25Numbers 25:2 word by word
וַתִּקְרֶ֣אןָ לָעָ֔ם לְזִבְחֵ֖י אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ן וַיֹּ֣אכַל הָעָ֔ם וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּ֖וּ לֵֽאלֹהֵיהֶֽן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Numbers 25:2
- Numbers 25:5And Moses said to the judges of Israel, "Each of you kill those of his men who have yoked themselves to Baal of Peor."
- Deuteronomy 4:3Your eyes have seen what the Lord did at Baal-peor, for the Lord your God destroyed from among you all the men who followed the Baal of Peor.
- Joshua 22:17Have we not had enough of the sin at Peor from which even yet we have not cleansed ourselves, and for which there came a plague upon the congregation of the Lord,
- Psalms 106:28Then they yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor, and ate sacrifices offered to the dead;
- Hosea 9:10Like grapes in the wilderness, I found Israel. Like the first fruit on the fig tree in its first season, I saw your fathers. But they came to Baal-peor and consecrated themselves to the thing of shame, and became detestable like the thing they loved.
- Judges 2:14So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he gave them over to plunderers, who plundered them. And he sold them into the hand of their surrounding enemies, so that they could no longer withstand their enemies.
- Psalms 90:11Who considers the power of your anger, and your wrath according to the fear of you?
- Jeremiah 17:4You shall loosen your hand from your heritage that I gave to you, and I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you do not know, for in my anger a fire is kindled that shall burn forever."
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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