Numbers 25:3
And Yisroel joined himself unto Ba'al-Pe'or; + 25:3 See Num 23:28 and the Af Hashem was kindled against Yisroel.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 Moshe said unto the shofetim of Yisroel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Ba'al-Pe'or.
Deuteronomy 4:3Your eyes have seen what Hashem did because of Ba'al-Pe'or; for all the men that followed Ba'al-Pe'or, Hashem Eloheicha hath destroyed them from among you.
Judges 2:11And the Bnei Yisroel did harah in the sight of Hashem, and served Ba'alim;
Judges 2:14And the Af Hashem was hot against Yisroel, and He delivered them into the hands of plunderers that plundered them, and He sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, that they were not any longer able to stand before their enemies.
Psalms 90:11Who has da'as of the oz (power) of Thine anger? 1 Thy evrah is as great as Thy yirah (fear of, reverence owed G-d). 1
Psalms 106:29Thus they provoked Him to anger with their inventions; 1 and the magefah (plague) broke out among them. 1
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 →