Numbers 25:1 “While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexua…”

Numbers 25:1

While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

World English Bible

Israel stayed in Shittim; and the people began to play the prostitute with the daughters of Moab;

American Standard Version

And Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab:

Geneva Bible 1599

Nowe whiles Israel abode in Shittim, the people began to commit whoredome with the daughters of Moab:

Darby Translation

And Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to commit fornication with the daughters of Moab.

Young's Literal Translation

And Israel dwelleth in Shittim, and the people begin to go a-whoring unto daughters of Moab,

Bible in Basic English

Now when Israel was living in Shittim the people became false to the Lord, doing evil with the daughters of Moab:

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Cross references

“Shittim”

Numbers 33:49 Joshua 2:1 Micah 6:5 Joshua 3:1

Numbers 33:49 · BSB

And there on the plains of Moab they camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim.

Joshua 2:1 · BSB

Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.

Micah 6:5 · BSB

My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”

Joshua 3:1 · BSB

Early the next morning Joshua got up and left Shittim with all the Israelites. They went as far as the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over.

“the people”

1 Corinthians 10:8 Ecclesiastes 7:26 Numbers 31:15 Numbers 31:16

1 Corinthians 10:8 · BSB

We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.

Ecclesiastes 7:26 · BSB

And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.

Numbers 31:15 · BSB

“Have you spared all the women?” he asked them.

Numbers 31:16 · BSB

“Look, these women caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to turn unfaithfully against the LORD at Peor, so that the plague struck the congregation of the LORD.

Also

Revelation 2:14

Revelation 2:14 · BSB

But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immo…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2who also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to these gods.

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