Numbers 25:1

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

While the Israelites were camped near Acacia, the men committed sexual sins with Moabite women.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 10:8

We should not commit sexual sins as some of them did. In one day 23,000 of them died because of their sin.

Joshua 2:1

Joshua son of Nun and all the people were camped at Acacia. Joshua sent out two spies. No one knew that Joshua sent out these men. Joshua said to them, “Go and look at the land, especially the city of Jericho.” So the men went to the city of Jericho and stayed at the house of a prostitute named Rahab.

Numbers 33:49

They camped by the Jordan River in the Jordan Valley in Moab. Their camp went from Beth Jeshimoth to Acacia Field.

Revelation 2:14

“But I have a few things against you. You have people there who follow the teaching of Balaam. Balaam taught Balak how to make the people of Israel sin. They sinned by eating food offered to idols and by committing sexual sins.

Micah 6:5

My people, remember the evil plans of Balak king of Moab. Remember what Balaam son of Beor said to Balak. Remember what happened from Acacia to Gilgal, and you will know the Lord is right!”

Joshua 3:1

Early the next morning, Joshua and all the Israelites got up and left Acacia. They traveled to the Jordan River and camped there before they crossed it.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

I also found that some women are dangerous like traps. Their hearts are like nets, and their arms are like chains. It is worse than death to be caught by these women. God’s followers should run away from them. Let the sinners be caught by them.

Exodus 34:15

“Be careful not to make any agreements with the people who live in that land. If you do this, you might join them when they worship their gods. They will invite you to join them, and you will eat their sacrifices.

Numbers 25:17

“The Midianites are your enemies. You must kill them.

Numbers 31:2

“Moses, tell the Israelites this: ‘Go and attack the Midianites, and do to them what they did to you.’ After that Moses, you will die.”

Deuteronomy 3:29

“So we stayed in the valley across from Beth Peor.

Deuteronomy 4:3

“You have seen what the Lord did at Baal Peor. The Lord your God destroyed all your people who followed the false god Baal at that place.

Deuteronomy 32:38

Those false gods ate the fat of your sacrifices. And they drank the wine of your offerings. So let them get up and help you! Let them protect you!

Joshua 22:17

Remember what happened at Peor? Was the sin we committed there not bad enough? Because of that sin, the Lord punished his people with a terrible sickness. And we are still suffering from that sin.

Jeremiah 40:11

All the people of Judah who were in the countries of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and all the other countries heard that the king of Babylon had left some people of Judah in the land. And they heard that the king of Babylon had chosen Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, to be governor over them.

Ezekiel 20:21

“‘But the children turned against me and did not obey my laws. They did not keep my commands—even though people who obey my laws live because of them. They treated my special days of rest as though they were not important. So I decided to destroy them completely in the desert—to let them feel the full force of my anger.

Hosea 9:10

“At the time I, the Lord, found Israel, they were like fresh grapes in the desert. They were like the first figs on a fig tree at the beginning of the season. But when they came to Baal Peor, they changed. So I had to cut them off like rotten fruit. They became like the terrible things that they loved.

Exodus 22:19

“You must not allow anyone to have sexual relations with an animal. If this happens, that person must be killed.

2 Kings 23:7

Then King Josiah broke down the houses of the male prostitutes who were in the Lord’s Temple. Women also used these houses and made little tent covers to honor the false goddess Asherah.

Psalm 106:28

At Baal Peor they joined in worshiping Baal and ate sacrifices to honor the dead.