Numbers 25:3

Contemporary English Version 1995

The Lord was angry with Israel because they had worshiped the god Baal Peor.

Cross References

Hosea 9:10

Israel, when I, the Lord, found you long ago it was like finding grapes in a barren desert or tender young figs. Then you worshiped Baal Peor, that disgusting idol, and you became as disgusting as the idol you loved.

Joshua 22:17

Wasn't our people's sin at Peor terrible enough for you? The Lord punished us by sending a horrible sickness that killed many of us, and we still suffer because of that sin.

Jeremiah 17:4

You will lose the land that I gave you, and I will make you slaves in a foreign country, because you have made my anger blaze up like a fire that won't stop burning.

Psalm 90:11

No one knows the full power of your furious anger, but it is as great as the fear that we owe to you.

Judges 2:20

The Lord was angry with Israel and said: The Israelites have broken the agreement I made with their ancestors. They won't obey me,

Judges 2:14

with the Israelites that he let other nations raid Israel and steal their crops and other possessions. Enemies were everywhere, and the Lord always let them defeat Israel in battle. The Lord had warned Israel he would do this, and now the Israelites were miserable.

Numbers 25:5

Moses told Israel's officials, “Each of you must put to death any of your men who worshiped Baal.”

Numbers 31:16

They are the ones who followed Balaam's advice and invited our people to worship the god Baal Peor. That's why the Lord punished us by killing so many of our people.

Judges 2:11

The Lord had brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and they had worshiped him. But now the Israelites stopped worshiping the Lord and worshiped the idols of Baal and Astarte, as well as the idols of other gods from nearby nations. The Lord was so angry

Hosea 4:14

But I won't punish them. You men are to blame, because you go to prostitutes and offer sacrifices with them at pagan shrines. Your own foolishness will lead to your ruin.