Numbers 25:1
And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
KJV
Morabatur autem eo tempore Israël in Settim, et fornicatus est populus cum filiabus Moab,
Vulgate
Καὶ κατέλυσεν Ἰσραὴλ ἐν Σαττείν· καὶ ἐβεβηλώθη ὁ λαὸς ἐκπορνεῦσαι εἰς τὰς θυγατέρας Μωάβ.
LXX
And Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab:
ASV
וַ/יֵּ֥שֶׁב יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בַּ/שִּׁטִּ֑ים וַ/יָּ֣חֶל הָ/עָ֔ם לִ/זְנ֖וֹת אֶל בְּנ֥וֹת מוֹאָֽב
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בַּת
bt
noun · 585×
וֹ
v
verb · 143×
זוֹנָ֔ה
zvnh
verb · 92×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
מוֹאָ֔ב
mv'b
proper_noun · 180×
שִּׁטִּ֞ים
shtym
proper_noun · 4×
Intertextual echoes
Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.
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1Cor 10:8 · echo"Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand."Numbers: Israel committed sexual immorality with Moab — warning example
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Covers the rebellion of Korah, the spies sent to Canaan, the 40 years of wandering, Balaam's oracles, the conquest of Transjordan, and the death of Moses. Josephus portrays Moses as one of the greatest legislators in human history.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 10:8 — Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
- 1Cor 10:8 — Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
- 1Kgs 11:2 — Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods:
- Deut 4:3 — Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you.
- Exod 23:32 — Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
- Exod 34:16 — And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.
- Hos 9:10 — I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abom
- Isa 2:6 — Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers
- Joel 3:18 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come fo
- Josh 2:1 — And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
- Josh 2:1 — And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
- Josh 3:1 — And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
- Josh 22:17 — Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD,
- Mic 6:5 — O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.
- Mic 6:5 — O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.
- Num 31:15 — And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
- Num 31:16 — Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.
- Num 33:49 — And they pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth even unto Abelshittim in the plains of Moab.
- Prov 5:14 — I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
- Ps 106:28 — They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
- Rev 2:14 — But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed u
- Rev 2:14 — But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed u