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The people ate the sacrificial meal and bowed down before these gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/numbers/25.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />These women invited them to attend sacrifices to their gods, so the Israelites feasted with them and worshiped the gods of Moab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/25.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />These invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/25.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />who also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to these gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/25.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/25.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />They invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/25.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For they invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/25.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For they invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/25.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For they invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/25.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Indeed they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/25.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For they invited the Israelites to the sacrifices of their gods, and the Israelites ate [food offered to idols] and bowed down to Moab’s gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/25.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The women invited them to the sacrifices for their gods, and the people ate and bowed in worship to their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/25.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The women invited them to the sacrifices for their gods, and the people ate and bowed in worship to their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/25.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />for they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods; and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/25.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />These women then invited the men to ceremonies where sacrifices were offered to their gods. The men ate the meat from the sacrifices and worshiped the Moabite gods. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/25.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />for they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods; and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/25.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />who invited the people to the sacrifices offered to their gods. The people ate the meat from the sacrifices and worshiped these gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/25.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />These women invited them to sacrificial feasts, where the god of Moab was worshiped. The Israelites ate the food and worshiped the god <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/25.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />who also invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods. So the people ate what they had sacrificed and then worshipped their gods. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/25.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />These women invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods; then the people ate and bowed down to their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/25.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />and they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods; and the people ate, and bowed down to their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/25.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods: and the people ate, and bowed down to their gods.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/25.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />who also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to these gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/25.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />for they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods. The people ate and bowed down to their gods. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/25.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and they call for the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people eat and bow themselves to their gods,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/25.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and they call for the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people eat, and bow themselves to their gods,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/25.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And she called the people to the sacrifices of their God: and the people will eat and will worship to their God.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/25.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Who called them to their sacrifices. And they ate of them, and adored their gods. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/25.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />who called them to their sacrifices. And they ate, and they adored their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/25.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />These then invited the people to the sacrifices of their god, and the people ate of the sacrifices and bowed down to their god.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/25.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />These invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/25.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And they invited the people to the sacrifices offered to their gods; and the people did eat, and worshipped their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/25.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they called the people to the altars of their gods and the people ate and they worshipped their gods.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/25.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods; and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/25.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they called them to the sacrifices of their idols; and the people ate of their sacrifices, and worshipped their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/25-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=7732" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/25.htm">Moab Seduces Israel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab, <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: wat·tiq·re·nā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fp) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">who also invited</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: lā·‘ām (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/2077.htm" title="2077: lə·ziḇ·ḥê (Prep-l:: N-mpc) -- A sacrifice. From zabach; properly, a slaughter, i.e. The flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice.">to the sacrifices</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê·hen (N-mpc:: 3fp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">for their gods.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">And the people</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: way·yō·ḵal (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">ate</a> <a href="/hebrew/7812.htm" title="7812: way·yiš·ta·ḥăw·wū (Conj-w:: V-Hitpael-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To bow down. A primitive root; to depress, i.e. Prostrate.">and bowed down</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: lê·lō·hê·hen (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 3fp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">to these gods.</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>So Israel joined in worshiping Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD burned against them.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/2-14.htm">Revelation 2:14</a></span><br />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 immorality.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-8.htm">1 Corinthians 10:8</a></span><br />We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-28.htm">Psalm 106:28-29</a></span><br />They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods. / So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/4-3.htm">Deuteronomy 4:3-4</a></span><br />Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor. / But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive to this day, every one of you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/9-10.htm">Hosea 9:10</a></span><br />I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-15.htm">2 Peter 2:15</a></span><br />They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-13.htm">1 Corinthians 6:13</a></span><br />“Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/34-15.htm">Exodus 34:15-16</a></span><br />Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices. / And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/2-17.htm">Judges 2:17</a></span><br />Israel, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments; they did not do as their fathers had done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/11-1.htm">1 Kings 11:1-2</a></span><br />King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. / These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-7.htm">2 Kings 17:7-8</a></span><br />All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods / and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Jeremiah 3:6</a></span><br />Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-30.htm">Ezekiel 20:30</a></span><br />Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: Will you defile yourselves the way your fathers did, prostituting yourselves with their abominations?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-14.htm">Hosea 4:14</a></span><br />I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a people without understanding will come to ruin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/2-7.htm">Amos 2:7-8</a></span><br />They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name. / They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.</p><p class="hdg">joined</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/25-5.htm">Numbers 25:5</a></b></br> And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baalpeor.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/4-3.htm">Deuteronomy 4:3,4</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/22-17.htm">Joshua 22:17</a></b></br> <i>Is</i> 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,</p><p class="hdg">the anger</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/22-17.htm">Joshua 22:17</a></b></br> <i>Is</i> 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,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/2-14.htm">Judges 2:14,20</a></b></br> And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/90-11.htm">Psalm 90:11</a></b></br> Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, <i>so is</i> thy wrath.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/11-5.htm">Ate</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-1.htm">Bow</a> <a href="/numbers/22-31.htm">Bowed</a> <a href="/numbers/24-8.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/numbers/24-11.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/exodus/34-15.htm">Invited</a> <a href="/numbers/22-40.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/numbers/24-20.htm">Part</a> <a href="/numbers/18-30.htm">Present</a> <a href="/numbers/10-10.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/numbers/23-24.htm">Themselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/9-9.htm">Ate</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-9.htm">Bow</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-16.htm">Bowed</a> <a href="/numbers/28-17.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/numbers/25-5.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/joshua/24-9.htm">Invited</a> <a href="/numbers/28-2.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/numbers/26-54.htm">Part</a> <a href="/numbers/28-2.htm">Present</a> <a href="/numbers/28-2.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/numbers/25-3.htm">Themselves</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 25</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/25-1.htm">Israel at Shittim commit unfaithfulness and idolatry</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/25-6.htm">Phinehas kills Zimri and Cozbi</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/25-10.htm">God therefore gives him an everlasting priesthood</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/25-16.htm">The Midianites are to be troubled</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/25.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/numbers/25.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>who also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods.</b><br>This phrase highlights the Moabite women inviting the Israelites to participate in pagan rituals. The context is the Israelites' encampment in the plains of Moab, near the Jordan River, opposite Jericho. The Moabites, descendants of Lot, were known for their idolatrous practices, which were contrary to the worship of Yahweh. This invitation was not merely social but religious, involving sacrifices to the Moabite gods, particularly Baal of Peor. The act of sacrifice was central to ancient Near Eastern religious practices, often involving offerings of animals or food to appease or gain favor from deities. This invitation was a direct violation of the first commandment, which forbids the worship of other gods (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3</a>). The Israelites' acceptance of this invitation led to spiritual and moral compromise, illustrating the dangers of syncretism and the seductive nature of idolatry.<p><b>And the people ate and bowed down to these gods.</b><br>Eating the sacrificial meals was a form of participation in the worship of these foreign gods, signifying acceptance and allegiance. In ancient cultures, shared meals often symbolized fellowship and covenantal relationships. By partaking in these meals, the Israelites were not only breaking dietary laws but also entering into a spiritual union with the Moabite deities. Bowing down signifies an act of worship and submission, directly contravening the command to worship Yahweh alone (<a href="/deuteronomy/6-13.htm">Deuteronomy 6:13-14</a>). This act of idolatry provoked God's anger, leading to a plague as a form of divine judgment (<a href="/numbers/25-3.htm">Numbers 25:3-9</a>). The incident at Peor serves as a warning against idolatry and unfaithfulness, echoed in the New Testament (<a href="/1_corinthians/10-7.htm">1 Corinthians 10:7-8</a>), and underscores the importance of remaining faithful to God's covenant. This event also foreshadows the need for a mediator, a role ultimately fulfilled by Jesus Christ, who intercedes on behalf of humanity to restore the broken relationship with God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moabite_women.htm">Moabite Women</a></b><br>These women invited the Israelites to participate in sacrifices to their gods, leading them into idolatry and immorality.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people of Israel who were seduced into idolatry and immorality by the Moabite women.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/moab.htm">Moab</a></b><br>The region where the Israelites were encamped and where the events of <a href="/bsb/numbers/25.htm">Numbers 25</a> took place.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/baal_of_peor.htm">Baal of Peor</a></b><br>The false god to whom the Israelites bowed down, leading to God's anger against them.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_anger.htm">God's Anger</a></b><br>The Lord's response to Israel's idolatry, resulting in a severe plague as a form of judgment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/guard_against_idolatry.htm">Guard Against Idolatry</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites were led astray by the Moabites, Christians must be vigilant against modern forms of idolatry that can draw us away from God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>The severe consequences faced by the Israelites serve as a reminder of the seriousness of sin and the importance of repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/influence_of_companionship.htm">Influence of Companionship</a></b><br>The Israelites' downfall began with their associations. Believers should be mindful of the company they keep and the influences they allow in their lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_to_god.htm">Faithfulness to God</a></b><br>Despite cultural pressures, Christians are called to remain faithful to God, resisting the temptation to conform to worldly practices.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>While God's judgment was severe, His desire is for repentance and restoration. Believers should seek forgiveness and turn back to God when they fall into sin.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_25.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 25</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_galilee's_role_in_the_bible.htm">Why did God command killing Midianites, including children?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_moabite_seduction_claim.htm">Numbers 25:1–3: How do we reconcile the claim of widespread Moabite seduction with the lack of archaeological or historical evidence for such an event? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_doctrine_of_balaam.htm">What is the Doctrine of Balaam?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_god_strike_uzzah_for_steadying_the_ark.htm">2 Samuel 6:7 - Why would an all-knowing God strike Uzzah dead for physically stabilizing the Ark when his intention seemed good?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/25.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">And they called the people . . . --</span>The Moabitish women invited the Israelites to their sacrificial feasts, which were celebrated in honour of Baal-peor, who was worshipped in the city of Beth-peor (<a href="/deuteronomy/3-29.htm" title="So we stayed in the valley over against Bethpeor.">Deuteronomy 3:29</a>). He is supposed to be identical with <span class= "ital">Chemosh, </span>the Moabitish god of war.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/25.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And they called,</span> <span class="accented">i.e.</span>, the women of Moab, encouraged to do so by the licentious intercourse which had sprung up. Without such encouragement it is difficult to suppose that they would have ventured on such a step. <span class="cmt_word">And the people did eat.</span> Gluttony added its seductions to lust. No doubt this generation were as weary of the manna and as eager for other and heavier food as their fathers had been (see on Numbers 11:4; 21:5). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/25-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">who also invited</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתִּקְרֶ֣אןָ</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tiq·re·nā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> </span><span class="str2">To call, proclaim, read</span><br /><br /><span class="word">them</span><br /><span class="heb">לָעָ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(lā·‘ām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the sacrifices</span><br /><span class="heb">לְזִבְחֵ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ziḇ·ḥê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2077.htm">Strong's 2077: </a> </span><span class="str2">A slaughter, the flesh of an animal, a sacrifice</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for their gods.</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ן</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hê·hen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">And the people</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעָ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">ate</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֣אכַל</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·ḵal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and bowed down</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּ֖וּ‪‬</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiš·ta·ḥăw·wū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7812.htm">Strong's 7812: </a> </span><span class="str2">To depress, prostrate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to these gods.</span><br /><span class="heb">לֵֽאלֹהֵיהֶֽן׃</span> <span class="translit">(lê·lō·hê·hen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/25-2.htm">Numbers 25:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/25-2.htm">Numbers 25:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/25-2.htm">Numbers 25:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/25-2.htm">Numbers 25:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/25-2.htm">Numbers 25:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/25-2.htm">Numbers 25:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/25-2.htm">Numbers 25:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/25-2.htm">Numbers 25:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/25-2.htm">Numbers 25:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/25-2.htm">Numbers 25:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/25-2.htm">OT Law: Numbers 25:2 For they called the people to (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/25-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 25:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 25:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/25-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 25:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 25:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>