Numbers 25:1

Good News Translation

When the Israelites were camped at Acacia Valley, the men began to have sexual intercourse with the Moabite women who were there.

Cross References

2 Kings 23:7

He destroyed the living quarters in the Temple occupied by the temple prostitutes. (It was there that women wove robes used in the worship of Asherah.)

Psalm 106:28

Then at Peor, God's people joined in the worship of Baal and ate sacrifices offered to dead gods.

Exodus 22:19

“Put to death any man who has sexual relations with an animal.

Exodus 34:15

Do not make any treaties with the people of the country, because when they worship their pagan gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you to join them, and you will be tempted to eat the food they offer to their gods.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

I found something more bitter than death—the woman who is like a trap. The love she offers you will catch you like a net, and her arms around you will hold you like a chain. A man who pleases God can get away, but she will catch the sinner.

Jeremiah 40:11

Meanwhile, all the Israelites who were in Moab, Ammon, Edom, and other countries, heard that the king of Babylonia had allowed some Israelites to stay on in Judah and that he had made Gedaliah their governor.

Ezekiel 20:21

“But that generation also defied me. They broke my laws and did not keep my commands, which bring life to anyone who obeys them. They profaned the Sabbath. I was ready to let them feel the force of my anger there in the desert and to kill them all.

Hosea 9:10

The Lord says, “When I first found Israel, it was like finding grapes growing in the desert. When I first saw your ancestors, it was like seeing the first ripe figs of the season. But when they came to Mount Peor, they began to worship Baal and soon became as disgusting as the gods they loved.

Micah 6:5

My people, remember what King Balak of Moab planned to do to you and how Balaam son of Beor answered him. Remember the things that happened on the way from the camp at Acacia to Gilgal. Remember these things and you will realize what I did in order to save you.”

Numbers 25:17

“Attack the Midianites and destroy them,

Numbers 31:2

“Punish the Midianites for what they did to the people of Israel. After you have done that, you will die.”

1 Corinthians 10:8

We must not be guilty of sexual immorality, as some of them were—and in one day twenty-three thousand of them fell dead.

Deuteronomy 3:29

“So we remained in the valley opposite the town of Bethpeor.”

Deuteronomy 32:38

You fed them the fat of your sacrifices and offered them wine to drink. Let them come and help you now; let them run to your rescue.

Deuteronomy 4:3

You yourselves saw what the Lord did at Mount Peor. He destroyed everyone who worshiped Baal there,

Joshua 2:1

Then Joshua sent two spies from the camp at Acacia with orders to go and secretly explore the land of Canaan, especially the city of Jericho. When they came to the city, they went to spend the night in the house of a prostitute named Rahab.

Joshua 22:17

Remember our sin at Peor, when the Lord punished his own people with an epidemic? We are still suffering because of that. Wasn't that sin enough?

Joshua 3:1

The next morning Joshua and all the people of Israel got up early, left the camp at Acacia, and went to the Jordan, where they camped while waiting to cross it.

Revelation 2:14

But there are a few things I have against you: there are some among you who follow the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak how to lead the people of Israel into sin by persuading them to eat food that had been offered to idols and to practice sexual immorality.