Numbers 25:2
And they called them to the sacrifices of their idols; and the people ate of their sacrifices, and worshipped their idols.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
3And Israel consecrated themselves to Beel-phegor; and the Lord was very angry with Israel.
Cross References
Exodus 20:5Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor serve them; for I am the Lord thy God, a jealous God, recompensing the sins of the fathers upon the children, to the third and fourth generation to them that hate me,
Exodus 34:15lest at any time thou make a covenant with the dwellers on the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and sacrifice to their gods, and they call thee, and thou shouldest eat of their feasts,
Joshua 22:17Is the sin of Phogor too little for you, whereas we have not been cleansed from it until this day, though there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord?
Joshua 23:16when ye transgress the covenant of the Lord our God, which he has charged us, and go and serve other gods, and bow down to them.
1 Kings 19:18And thou shalt leave in Israel seven thousand men, all the knees which had not bowed + 19:18 Gr. the knee.themselves to Baal, and every mouth which had not worshipped him.
Hosea 9:10I found Israel as grapes in the wilderness, and I saw their fathers as an early watchman in a fig-tree: they went in to Beel-phegor, and were shamefully estranged, and the abominable became as the beloved.
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 →