Numbers 25:2 - Forerunner Commentary

Numbers 25:2

Israel’s Harlotry in Moab

1 Now Israel remained in ^aAcacia Grove, and the ^bpeople began to commit harlotry with the women of Moab.

2 ^aThey invited the people to ^bthe sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and ^cbowed down to their gods.

3 So Israel was joined to Baal of Peor, and ^athe anger of the Lord was aroused against Israel.

4 Then the Lord said to Moses, ^a“Take all the leaders of the people and hang the offenders before the Lord, out in the sun, ^bthat the fierce anger of the Lord may turn away from Israel.”

5 So Moses said to ^athe judges of Israel, ^b“Every one of you kill his men who were joined to Baal of Peor.”

6 And indeed, one of the children of Israel came and presented to his brethren a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, ^awho were weeping at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.

7 Now ^awhen Phinehas ^bthe son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose from among the congregation and took a javelin in his hand;

8 and he went after the man of Israel into the tent and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So ^athe plague was ^bstopped among the children of Israel.

9 And ^athose who died in the plague were twenty-four thousand.

10 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

11 ^a“Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned back My wrath from the children of Israel, because he was zealous with My zeal among them, so that I did not consume the children of Israel in ^bMy zeal.

Verse Comparison: Numbers 25:2

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American Standard Version
for they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods; and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.

Amplified® Bible
Who invited the [Israelites] to the sacrifices of their gods, and [they] ate and bowed down to Moab's gods.

Contemporary English Version
These women then invited the men to ceremonies where sacrifices were offered to their gods. The men ate the meat from the sacrifices and worshiped the Moabite gods.

Darby English Version
And they invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods; and the people ate, and bowed down to their gods.

Good News Bible
These women invited them to sacrificial feasts, where the god of Moab was worshiped. The Israelites ate the food and worshiped the god

King James Version
And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.

New American Standard Bible
For they invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.

New International Version
who invited them to the sacrifices to their gods. The people ate and bowed down before these gods.

New King James Version
They invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For they invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.

Revised Standard Version
These invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate, and bowed down to their gods.

Young's Literal Translation
and they call for the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people eat, and bow themselves to their gods,

New English Translation
These women invited¹ the people to the sacrifices of their gods; then the people ate and bowed down to their gods.²

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