Numbers 25:3
And Israel joined themselves unto Baal-peor; and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel.
Leeser Tanakh
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 unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that have been joined unto Baal-peor.
Deuteronomy 4:3Your own eyes have seen that which the Lord hath done because of Baal-peor; for every man that followed Baal-peor, him the Lord thy God hath destroyed from the midst of thee.
Judges 2:11And the children of Israel did the evil in the eyes of the Lord, and served the Be'alim:
Judges 2:14And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of spoilers who spoiled them, and he sold them into the hand of their enemies round about, and they were not able any longer to stand before their enemies.
Psalms 90:11Who knoweth the strength of thy anger, and thy wrath which is like the fear of thee?
Psalms 106:29And they provoked him to anger with their deeds: and there broke in among them the plague.
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 →