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And the LORD&#8217s anger burned against them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/numbers/25.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />In this way, Israel joined in the worship of Baal of Peor, causing the LORD’s anger to blaze against his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/25.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />So Israel yoked himself to Baal of Peor. And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/25.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Israel joined in worshiping Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD burned against them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/25.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/25.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So Israel was joined to Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD was aroused against Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/25.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Israel became followers of Baal of Peor, and the LORD was angry with Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/25.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So Israel joined themselves to Baal of Peor, and the LORD was angry against Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/25.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So Israel joined themselves to Baal of Peor, and the LORD was angry against Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/25.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So Israel joined themselves to Baal of Peor, and the anger of Yahweh burned against Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/25.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So Israel joined themselves to Baal of Peor [in worship]. And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/25.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Israel aligned itself with Baal of Peor, and the LORD’s anger burned against Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/25.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Israel aligned itself with Baal of Peor, and the LORD&#8217s anger burned against Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/25.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/25.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The LORD was angry with Israel because they had worshiped the god Baal Peor. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/25.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/25.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Since the Israelites joined in worshiping the god Baal of Peor, the LORD became angry with Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/25.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Baal of Peor. So the LORD was angry with them <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/25.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The people joined the Baal-peor cult. As a result, the anger of the LORD flared up against Israel, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/25.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Israel joined in worshiping Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD burned against them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/25.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />When Israel joined themselves to Baal-peor, the anger of the LORD flared up against Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/25.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Israel joined himself to Baal Peor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/25.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Israel joined himself to Baal-peor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/25.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Israel joined himself to Baal Peor, and Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/25.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and Israel is joined to Ba‘al-Peor, and the anger of YHWH burns against Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/25.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and Israel is joined to Baal-Peor, and the anger of Jehovah burneth against Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/25.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Israel will be bound to Baal-Peor; and the anger of Jehovah will kindle against Israel.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/25.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Israel was initiated to Beelphegor: upon which the Lord being angry, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/25.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And Israel was initiated into Baal of Peor. And so the Lord, being angry,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/25.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Israel thereby attached itself to the Baal of Peor, and the LORD’s anger flared up against Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/25.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus Israel yoked itself to the Baal of Peor, and the LORD’s anger was kindled against Israel.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/25.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Israel joined himself to Baal-peor; and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/25.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Israel was initiated to Baal Peor and the wrath of LORD JEHOVAH was provoked against the children of Israel.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/25.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Israel joined himself unto the Baal of Peor; and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/25.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Israel consecrated themselves to Beel-phegor; and the Lord was very angry with Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/25-3.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=7740" 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">2</span>who also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to these gods. <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">So Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/1187.htm" title="1187: lə·ḇa·‘al (Prep) -- Baal of Peor, a Moabite god. From Ba'al and p'owr; Baal of Peor; Baal-Peor, a Moabitish deity."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6775.htm" title="6775: way·yiṣ·ṣā·meḏ (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To bind, join. A primitive root; to link, i.e. Gird; figuratively, to serve, contrive.">joined in worshiping</a> <a href="/hebrew/1187.htm" title="1187: pə·‘ō·wr (Prep:: N-proper-fs) -- Baal of Peor, a Moabite god. From Ba'al and p'owr; Baal of Peor; Baal-Peor, a Moabitish deity.">Baal of Peor,</a> <a href="/hebrew/639.htm" title="639: ’ap̄ (N-msc) -- A nostril, nose, face, anger. From 'anaph; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also ire.">and the anger</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/2734.htm" title="2734: way·yi·ḥar- (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To burn or be kindled with anger. A primitive root; to glow or grow warm; figuratively to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy.">burned</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: bə·yiś·rā·’êl (Prep-b:: N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">against them.</a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that His fierce anger may turn away from Israel.”…<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="/deuteronomy/4-3.htm">Deuteronomy 4:3</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.<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="/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="/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="/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="/exodus/34-14.htm">Exodus 34:14-16</a></span><br />For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God. / 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/2-11.htm">Judges 2:11-13</a></span><br />And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals. / Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger, / for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-10.htm">2 Kings 17:10-12</a></span><br />They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. / They burned incense on all the high places like the nations that the LORD had driven out before them. They did wicked things, provoking the LORD to anger. / They served idols, although the LORD had told them, “You shall not do this thing.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/11-13.htm">Jeremiah 11:13</a></span><br />Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-28.htm">Ezekiel 20:28</a></span><br />When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, presented offerings that provoked Me, sent up their fragrant incense, and poured out their drink offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/14-23.htm">1 Kings 14:23-24</a></span><br />They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. / There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/33-3.htm">2 Chronicles 33:3</a></span><br />For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-5.htm">Isaiah 57:5-6</a></span><br />who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks? / Your portion is among the smooth stones of the valley; indeed, they are your lot. Even to them you have poured out a drink offering and offered a grain offering. Should I relent because of these?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Jeremiah 3:6-9</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. / I thought that after she had done all these things, she would return to Me. But she did not return, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it. / She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well. ...<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.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Israel joined himself to Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.</p><p class="hdg">all the heads</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/25-14.htm">Numbers 25:14,15,18</a></b></br> Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, <i>even</i> that was slain with the Midianitish woman, <i>was</i> Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/18-25.htm">Exodus 18:25</a></b></br> And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/4-3.htm">Deuteronomy 4:3</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="hdg">and hang.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/13-6.htm">Deuteronomy 13:6-9,13,15</a></b></br> If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which <i>is</i> as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/21-23.htm">Deuteronomy 21:23</a></b></br> His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged <i>is</i> accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee <i>for</i> an inheritance.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/21-6.htm">2 Samuel 21:6,9</a></b></br> Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, <i>whom</i> the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give <i>them</i>… </p><p class="hdg">that the fierce</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/25-11.htm">Numbers 25:11</a></b></br> Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/13-17.htm">Deuteronomy 13:17</a></b></br> And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/7-25.htm">Joshua 7:25,26</a></b></br> And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/24-10.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/numbers/23-8.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/numbers/22-41.htm">Baal</a> <a href="/romans/11-4.htm">Ba'al</a> <a href="/hosea/9-10.htm">Baalpeor</a> <a href="/psalms/106-28.htm">Baal-Peor</a> <a href="/numbers/24-10.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/numbers/22-27.htm">Burneth</a> <a href="/numbers/18-2.htm">Joined</a> <a href="/numbers/24-10.htm">Kindled</a> <a href="/numbers/24-1.htm">Lord's</a> <a href="/numbers/25-1.htm">Moab</a> <a href="/numbers/24-3.htm">Moved</a> <a href="/numbers/23-28.htm">Peor</a> <a href="/numbers/23-28.htm">Pe'or</a> <a href="/numbers/10-30.htm">Relations</a> <a href="/numbers/25-2.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/numbers/25-1.htm">Women</a> <a href="/colossians/2-18.htm">Worshiping</a> <a href="/numbers/24-10.htm">Wrath</a> <a href="/exodus/14-6.htm">Yoked</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/25-4.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/numbers/27-14.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/numbers/25-5.htm">Baal</a> <a href="/numbers/25-5.htm">Ba'al</a> <a href="/numbers/25-5.htm">Baalpeor</a> <a href="/numbers/25-5.htm">Baal-Peor</a> <a href="/numbers/26-10.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/numbers/32-10.htm">Burneth</a> <a href="/numbers/25-5.htm">Joined</a> <a href="/numbers/32-10.htm">Kindled</a> <a href="/numbers/28-16.htm">Lord's</a> <a href="/numbers/25-5.htm">Moab</a> <a href="/numbers/31-16.htm">Moved</a> <a href="/numbers/25-5.htm">Peor</a> <a href="/numbers/25-5.htm">Pe'or</a> <a href="/numbers/25-5.htm">Relations</a> <a href="/numbers/25-5.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/numbers/25-5.htm">Women</a> <a href="/numbers/25-5.htm">Worshiping</a> <a href="/numbers/25-11.htm">Wrath</a> <a href="/numbers/25-5.htm">Yoked</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>So Israel joined in worshiping Baal of Peor</b><br>This phrase indicates a significant moment of apostasy for the Israelites. Baal of Peor refers to a local manifestation of the Canaanite god Baal, worshiped at Peor, a location in Moab. The Israelites' involvement in this idolatry was not merely a religious error but a breach of their covenant with Yahweh, who had commanded exclusive worship. This act of idolatry is linked to the seduction by Moabite women, as described earlier in the chapter, which led the Israelites into both sexual immorality and idol worship. The worship of Baal often included fertility rites and rituals that were in direct opposition to the laws given to Israel. This event is a stark reminder of the dangers of syncretism and the influence of surrounding pagan cultures. It also foreshadows future struggles Israel would face with idolatry, as seen in the books of Judges and Kings.<p><b>and the anger of the LORD burned against them</b><br>The phrase highlights God's righteous indignation towards Israel's unfaithfulness. The anger of the LORD is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, often resulting in divine judgment or discipline. In this context, it underscores the seriousness of Israel's sin and the breach of their covenant relationship with God. The burning anger signifies not only God's displeasure but also His holiness and justice. This divine response serves as a warning to the Israelites and future generations about the consequences of turning away from God. It also points to the need for atonement and repentance, themes that are fulfilled in the New Testament through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who bore the wrath of God for humanity's sins. This incident is a precursor to the later teachings of the prophets, who called Israel back to faithfulness and warned of the consequences of idolatry.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation chosen by God, who at this time was journeying through the wilderness towards the Promised Land. They were called to be a holy people, set apart for God's purposes.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/b/baal_of_peor.htm">Baal of Peor</a></b><br>A local deity worshiped by the Moabites and Midianites. The worship of Baal often involved immoral practices, which were contrary to the laws given by God to Israel.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who had delivered them from Egypt and given them His laws. His anger is kindled by Israel's idolatry and unfaithfulness.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/moab.htm">Moab</a></b><br>The region where the Israelites were encamped. The Moabites, along with the Midianites, enticed Israel into idolatry and immorality.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_plague.htm">The Plague</a></b><br>A divine judgment that came upon Israel as a result of their sin, demonstrating God's holiness and intolerance of idolatry.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_idolatry.htm">The Danger of Idolatry</a></b><br>Idolatry is not just the worship of physical idols but can be anything that takes the place of God in our lives. We must guard our hearts against modern forms of idolatry.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>Sin has serious consequences, both spiritually and physically. The Israelites' sin led to God's anger and a devastating plague. We must take sin seriously and seek repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_holiness.htm">The Call to Holiness</a></b><br>As God's people, we are called to be holy and set apart. This requires vigilance and a commitment to God's commands, resisting the temptations of the world.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_righteous_anger.htm">God's Righteous Anger</a></b><br>God's anger is a response to sin and unfaithfulness. Understanding His righteous anger helps us appreciate His holiness and the seriousness of our covenant relationship with Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>Obedience to God's commands is crucial for maintaining a right relationship with Him. Disobedience leads to separation and judgment, while obedience brings blessing and favor.<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_does_'seize_the_day'_truly_mean.htm">What happened at Baal of Peor in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_main_theme_of_numbers.htm">What is the main theme of the Book of Numbers?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_commend_phinehas_for_killing.htm">Numbers 25:6-8: Why does God commend Phinehas for killing an Israelite man and a Midianite woman, raising moral questions about vigilante violence?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_deut._25_1-3_flogging.htm">Deuteronomy 25:1-3: Is there historical or archaeological evidence that flogging was actually carried out as described?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/25.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 3.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Israel joined himself unto Baal-Peor.</span> This is a technical phrase, repeated in verse 5, and quoted in <a href="/psalms/106-28.htm">Psalm 106:28</a>, expressing the quasi-sacramental union into which they entered with the heathen deity by partaking of his sacrificial meats and by sharing in his impure rites (cf. <a href="/hosea/9-10.htm">Hosea 9:10</a> and the argument of St. Paul in <a href="/1_corinthians/10.htm">1 Corinthians 10</a>). There can be little doubt that Peor (<span class="hebrew">פְּעור</span>, from <span class="hebrew">פָעַר</span>, to open) has the sense of <span class="accented">aperiens, in usu obsceno</span>, and that it was the distinguishing name of Baal or Chemosh when worshipped as the god of reproduction with the abominable rites proper to this cultus. For a notice of the same thing in the last days of Israel see <a href="/hosea/4-14.htm">Hosea 4:14</a>, and for the practice of Babylonian and (to some degree) Egyptian women, see Herodotus, 1:199; 2:60). The Septuagint has here <span class="greek">ἐτελέσθη τῷ Βεελφεγώρ</span>, "was consecrated," or "initiated," unto Baal-Peor, which admirably expressed the sense. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/25-3.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">So Israel</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">joined in worshiping</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּצָּ֥מֶד</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiṣ·ṣā·meḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6775.htm">Strong's 6775: </a> </span><span class="str2">To link, gird, to serve, contrive</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Baal of Peor,</span><br /><span class="heb">פְּע֑וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(pə·‘ō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1187.htm">Strong's 1187: </a> </span><span class="str2">Baal of Peor', a Moabite god</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the LORD’s</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">anger</span><br /><span class="heb">אַ֥ף</span> <span class="translit">(’ap̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_639.htm">Strong's 639: </a> </span><span class="str2">The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">burned</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּֽחַר־</span> <span class="translit">(way·yi·ḥar-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2734.htm">Strong's 2734: </a> </span><span class="str2">To glow, grow warm, to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">against [them].</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/25-3.htm">Numbers 25:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/25-3.htm">Numbers 25:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/25-3.htm">Numbers 25:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/25-3.htm">Numbers 25:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/25-3.htm">Numbers 25:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/25-3.htm">Numbers 25:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/25-3.htm">Numbers 25:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/25-3.htm">Numbers 25:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/25-3.htm">Numbers 25:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/25-3.htm">Numbers 25:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/25-3.htm">OT Law: Numbers 25:3 Israel joined himself to Baal Peor: (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/25-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 25:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 25:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/25-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 25:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 25:4" /></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>