Numbers 25:3
And Israel consecrated themselves to Beel-phegor; and the Lord was very angry with Israel.
Brenton Septuagint
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 tribes of Israel, Slay ye every one his friend that is consecrated to Beel-phegor.
Deuteronomy 4:3Your eyes have seen all that the Lord our God did in the case of Beel-phegor; for every man that went after Beel-phegor, the Lord your God has utterly destroyed him from among you.
Judges 2:11And the children of Israel wrought evil before the Lord, and served Baalim.
Judges 2:14And the Lord was very angry with Israel; and he gave them into the hands of the spoilers, and they spoiled them; and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, and they could not any longer resist their enemies,
Psalms 90:11For he shall give his angels charge concerning thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
Psalms 106:29And he commands the storm, and it is calmed into a gentle breeze, and its waves are still.
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 →