Numbers 25:3
And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.
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Numbers 25:5And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal-peor.
Deuteronomy 4:3Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baal-peor: for all the men that followed Baal-peor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you.
Judges 2:11And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:
Judges 2:14And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
Psalms 90:11Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.
Psalms 106:29Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon 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 →