Numbers 25:1

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While Israel was staying at Shittim, the men began to have sex with Moabite women

Cross References

2 Kings 23:7

He tore down the houses of the male temple prostitutes who were in the Lord’s temple, where women did weaving for Asherah.

Psalm 106:28

They joined in worshiping the god Baal while they were at Peor, and they ate what was sacrificed to the dead.

Exodus 22:19

“Whoever has sexual intercourse with an animal must be put to death.

Exodus 34:15

Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in that land. When they chase after their gods as though they were prostitutes and sacrifice to them, they may invite you to eat the meat from their sacrifices with them.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

I find that a woman whose thoughts are ⌞like⌟ traps and snares is more bitter than death itself. Even her hands are ⌞like⌟ chains. Whoever pleases God will escape her, but she will catch whoever continues to sin.

Jeremiah 40:11

Now, all the Jews who were in Moab, Ammon, Edom, and in all the other countries heard that the king of Babylon had left a few survivors in Judah and had appointed Gedaliah, son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, to govern them.

Ezekiel 20:21

“ ‘But they rebelled against me. They didn’t live by my laws, and they didn’t obey my rules and follow them. If people obey them, they will live. They dishonored the days to worship me. So I was going to pour out my fury on them and unleash my anger on them in the desert.

Hosea 9:10

⌞The Lord said,⌟ “When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the desert. When I saw your ancestors, it was like seeing the first figs of the harvest. But they went to Baal Peor and worshiped shameful idols. They became as disgusting as the things they worshiped.

Micah 6:5

My people, remember what King Balak of Moab planned ⌞to do to you⌟ and how Balaam, son of Beor, responded to him. Remember ⌞your journey⌟ from Shittim to Gilgal so that you may know the victories of the Lord.”

Numbers 25:17

“Treat the Midianites as your enemies, and kill them

Numbers 31:2

“Get even with the Midianites for what they did to the Israelites. After that you will join your ancestors ⌞in death⌟.”

Numbers 33:49

They set up camp on the plains of Moab along the Jordan. Their camp extended from Beth Jeshimoth to Abel Shittim.

Numbers 7:15

a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb as a burnt offering;

1 Corinthians 10:8

We shouldn’t sin sexually as some of them did. Twenty-three thousand of them died on one day.

Deuteronomy 3:29

So we stayed in the valley near Beth Peor.

Deuteronomy 32:38

Where are the gods who ate the fat from their sacrifices and drank the wine from their wine offerings? Let them come to help you! Let them be your refuge!”

Deuteronomy 4:3

With your own eyes you saw what the Lord did at Baal Peor. The Lord your God destroyed everyone among you who worshiped the god Baal while you were at Peor.

Joshua 2:1

From Shittim Joshua, son of Nun, secretly sent out two men as spies. He told them, “Go, look at that country, especially the city of Jericho.” So they went to Jericho and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab to spend the night there.

Joshua 22:17

Does the sin we committed at Peor mean nothing to us anymore? Didn’t we cleanse ourselves from it? Because of that sin there was a plague on the Lord’s congregation!

Joshua 3:1

Joshua got up early the next morning. He and all the Israelites left Shittim. They came to the Jordan River, where they camped before crossing.

Revelation 2:14

But I have a few things against you: You have among you those who follow what Balaam taught Balak. Balak trapped the people of Israel by ⌞encouraging⌟ them to eat food sacrificed to idols and to sin sexually.