Numbers 25:3
And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.
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Cross References
Numbers 25:5And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay all of you every one his men that were joined unto Baalpeor.
Deuteronomy 4:3Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD your God has 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 knows the power of yours anger? even according to your fear, so is your 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 →