the Week of Proper 18 / Ordinary 23
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Numbers 25:1
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And Israel remained at Shittim, and the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab.
While Israel remained at Shittim, the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab.
And Israel abode in Sittim, and the people began to commit whoredome with the daughters of Moab.
While the Israelites were camped near Acacia, the men committed sexual sins with Moabite women.
While Israel dwelt in Shittim the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab.
Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to play the prostitute with the daughters of Moab:
And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people begun to commit whoredome with the daughters of Moab.
And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
And Israel dwelt in Sittim, and the people beganne to commytte whordome with the doughters of the Moabites,
While Israel was camped at Shittim (Acacia Grove), the men began to have sex with the Moabite women. It started when the women invited the men to their sex-and-religion worship. They ate together and then worshiped their gods. Israel ended up joining in the worship of the Baal of Peor. God was furious, his anger blazing out against Israel.
And Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab:
Now when Israel was living in Shittim the people became false to the Lord, doing evil with the daughters of Moab:
And Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to prostitute with the daughters of Moab:
And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit lewdness with the daughters of Moab.
When Israel lived in Shittim, the people began to commit sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab.
While the Israelites were camped at Acacia, some of the men had sex with Moabite women.
Isra'el stayed at Sheetim, and there the people began whoring with the women of Mo'av.
And Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to commit fornication with the daughters of Moab.
Nowe whiles Israel abode in Shittim, the people began to commit whoredome with the daughters of Moab:
AND Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
When the Israelites were camped at Acacia Valley, the men began to have sexual intercourse with the Moabite women who were there.
Israel settled and remained in Shittim, and the people began to play the prostitute with the women of Moab [by being unfaithful to God].
Yisra'el abode in Shittim; and the people began to play the prostitute with the daughters of Mo'av:
And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit harlotry with the daughters of Moab.
While the Israelites were camped at Acacia Grove, some of the men defiled themselves by having sexual relations with local Moabite women.
While Israel stayed at Shittim, the people were not faithful to the Lord and began to have sex with the daughters of Moab.
While Israel was staying at Shittim, the people began to have sexual relations with the women of Moab.
And Israel sojourned in Sattin, and the people profaned itself by going a-whoring after the daughters of Moab.
And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab:
While Israel was staying in Acacia Grove, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,
And Israel remained among the acacias, - and the people began to go away unchastely unto the daughters of Moab;
And Israel at that time abode in Settim, and the people committed fornication with the daughters of Moab,
When Israel dwelled in Shittim, the people began to prostitute themselves with the daughters of Moab.
And Israel lived in Shittim. And the people began to fornicate with the daughters of Moab.
While Israel lived in Shittim, the people began to whore with the daughters of Moab.
While Israel remained at Shittim, the people began to commit infidelity with the daughters of Moab.
While the people of Israel were still camped at Acacia, the men began sinning sexually with Moabite women.
While Israel was staying in the Acacia Grove, the people began to have sexual relations with the women of Moab.
Forsothe in that tyme Israel dwellide in Sechym; and the puple dide fornycacioun with the douytris of Moab;
And Israel dwelleth in Shittim, and the people begin to go a-whoring unto daughters of Moab,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Shittim: Numbers 33:49, Joshua 2:1, Joshua 3:1, Micah 6:5
the people: Numbers 31:15, Numbers 31:16, Ecclesiastes 7:26, 1 Corinthians 10:8
Reciprocal: Exodus 23:32 - nor with Exodus 34:16 - General Exodus 36:20 - shittim wood Numbers 7:15 - General Deuteronomy 4:3 - what the 1 Kings 11:2 - surely Ezra 9:1 - Moabites Psalms 78:32 - they sinned Psalms 106:28 - joined Proverbs 5:14 - General Proverbs 7:13 - she Proverbs 23:28 - increaseth Isaiah 2:6 - and they Isaiah 57:5 - Enflaming Jeremiah 5:7 - by troops Ezekiel 16:15 - and playedst Ezekiel 20:21 - the children Joel 3:18 - the valley Ephesians 5:3 - fornication Revelation 2:14 - Balaam Revelation 2:20 - and to seduce
Cross-References
1 Chronicles 1:32,33">[xr] Abraham again took a wife, and her name was Keturah.
And she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
And Esau said, "Look, I am about to die; so what is this birthright to me?"
Then Jacob said, "Swear to me as of this day." So he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob.
Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him, and charged him, and said to him: "You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Israel abode in Shittim,.... A place in the plains of Moab, so called from the shittim wood, which grew here in great abundance, so often mentioned in the building of the tabernacle; which was a sort of white thorn, or rather the acacia tree, since there was scarcely any thing else grew in the deserts of Arabia, :- its full name was Abelshittim, Numbers 33:49, here the Israelites abode even to the death of Moses, for this was their last station in the wilderness; they were now on the borders of the land of Canaan, and just ready to enter into it, which is an aggravation of the sins they here fell into, and are next observed:
and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab; and of Midian also, as appears from Numbers 25:6 by the advice of Balaam, the Moabites and Midianites found ways and means to become familiar with the Israelites, and to introduce their daughters into their company and conversation, and being ensnared and enamoured with them, they were drawn to commit lewdness with them, and hereby were led on to commit other abominations, which brought the divine displeasure upon them; so that what they dared not attempt by war, and could not effect by sorceries and divinations, they accomplished by those iniquitous arts, namely, bringing the wrath, the curse, and plague of God upon them.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The records of the neighboring cities of the plain, and the circumstances of the origin of Moab (Genesis 19:30 ff) suggest that the people among whom Israel was now thrown were more than ordinarily licentious.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER XXV
While Israel abode in Shittim the people commit whoredom with
the daughters of Moab, 1.
They become idolaters, 2.
The anger of the Lord is kindled against them, and he commands
the ringleaders to be hanged, 3, 4.
Moses causes the judges to slay the transgressors, 5.
Zimri, one of the Israelitish princes of the tribe of Simeon,
brings a Midianitish princess, named Cozbi, into his tent,
while the people are deploring their iniquity before the
tabernacle, 6.
Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, incensed by this insult to the
laws and worship of God, runs after them and pierces them both
with a javelin, 7, 8.
Twenty-four thousand die of the plague, sent as a punishment for
their iniquity, 9.
The Lord grants to Phinehas a covenant of peace and an
everlasting priesthood, 10-13.
The name and quality of the Israelitish man and Midianitish
woman, 14, 15.
God commands the Israelites to vex and smite the Midianites, who
had seduced them to the worship of Baal-peor, 16-18.
NOTES ON CHAP. XXV
