Numbers 25:3
And Israel joined himself to Baal-Peor; and the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.
In Context
Cross References
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;
Judges 2:11And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and served the Baals.
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?
Psalms 106:29And they provoked [him] to anger with their doings; and a plague broke out among them.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 25:2-6
The Sin of Israel. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab. 2 And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. 3 And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel. 4 And the Lord said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the Lord against the sun, that the fierce anger of the Lord may be turned away… Read the whole commentary →