Numbers 25:3
and Israel is joined to Ba‘al-Peor, and the anger of YHWH burns against Israel.
Literal Standard Version
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 says to [the] judges of Israel, “Each slays his men who are joined to Ba‘al-Peor.”
Deuteronomy 4:3Your eyes are seeing that which YHWH has done in Ba‘al-Peor, for every man who has gone after Ba‘al-Peor, your God YHWH has destroyed him from your midst;
Judges 2:11And the sons of Israel do evil in the eyes of YHWH, and serve the Ba‘alim,
Judges 2:14And the anger of YHWH burns against Israel, and He gives them into the hand of spoilers, and they spoil them, and He sells them into the hand of their surrounding enemies, and they have not been able to stand before their enemies anymore;
Psalms 90:11Who knows the power of Your anger? And according to Your fear—Your wrath?
Psalms 106:29And they provoke to anger by their actions, || And a plague breaks forth on 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 →