Tree of Life Version
Numbers 25:2
2Then they invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, so the people were eating, and bowing down before 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.
- 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
1While Israel was staying in Shittim, the people began to have immoral sexual relations with women from Moab. Then they invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, so the people were eating, and bowing down before their gods. 3When Israel became bound to Baal of Peor, the anger of Adonai grew hot against Israel. 4Adonai said to Moses, “Seize all the ringleaders and hang them before Adonai facing the sun, so that Adonai’s fierce anger 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Numbers 25:2
- Numbers 25:5So Moses said to the judges of Israel, “Each of you, kill your men who have been joining themselves to Baal of Peor.”
- Deuteronomy 4:3Your eyes have seen what Adonai did at Baal Peor, for Adonai your God has destroyed from among you everyone who followed Baal Peor.
- Joshua 22:17Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day, although a plague came on the congregation of Adonai,
- Psalms 106:28Then they yoked themselves to Baal of Peor, and ate the sacrifices of dead things.
- Hosea 9:10“Like grapes in the wilderness I found Israel. Like early fruit on a fig tree in its first season I saw your fathers. They came to Baal-peor and devoted themselves to shame. So they became as detestable as the thing they loved.
- Judges 2:14So the anger of Adonai burned against Israel, and He gave them over to the hands of plunderers who plundered them, and He sold them over into the hand of their enemies around them, so that they could no longer stand up before their enemies.
- Psalms 90:11Who knows the power of Your anger? Your fury leads to awe of you.
- Jeremiah 17:4So you, on your own, let go of your heritage that I gave you. So I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you do not know. For you have kindled a fire in My nose that will 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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