Numbers 25:3
Israel [God prevails] joined himself to Baal Peor. Adonai’s anger burned against Israel [God prevails].
One Unity Resource 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 25:5Moses [Drawn out] said to the judges of Israel [God prevails], “Everyone kill his men who have joined themselves to Baal Peor.”
Deuteronomy 4:3Your eyes have seen what Adonai did because of Baal Peor; for all the men who followed Baal Peor, Adonai your God has destroyed them from among you.
Psalms 90:11Who knows the power of your anger, 2 your wrath according to the fear that is due to you? 1
Psalms 106:29Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds. 2 The plague broke in on 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 →