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The LORD your God destroyed from among you everyone who followed the Baal of Peor,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/4.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“You saw for yourself what the LORD did to you at Baal-peor. There the LORD your God destroyed everyone who had worshiped Baal, the god of Peor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/4.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all the men who followed the Baal of Peor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</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="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal Peor; for the LORD your God has destroyed from among you all the men who followed Baal of Peor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your eyes have seen what the LORD has done in the case of Baal-peor, for all the men who followed Baal-peor, the LORD your God has destroyed them from among you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Your eyes have seen what the LORD has done in the case of Baal-peor, for all the men who followed Baal-peor, the LORD your God has destroyed them from among you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Your eyes have seen what the LORD has done in the case of Baal-peor, for all the men who followed Baal-peor, the LORD your God has destroyed them from among you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Your eyes have seen what Yahweh has done in the case of Baal-peor, for all the men who walked after Baal-peor, Yahweh your God has destroyed them from among you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor; for all the men who followed [and participated in the worship of] Baal of Peor, the LORD your God destroyed them from among you,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed every one of you who followed Baal of Peor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed every one of you who followed Baal of Peor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Your eyes have seen what Jehovah did because of Baal-peor; for all the men that followed Baal-peor, Jehovah thy God hath destroyed them from the midst of thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/deuteronomy/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You saw how he killed everyone who worshiped the god Baal Peor. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baal-peor: for all the men that followed Baal-peor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from the midst of thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />With your own eyes you saw what the LORD did at Baal Peor. The LORD your God destroyed everyone among you who worshiped the god Baal while you were at Peor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You yourselves saw what the LORD did at Mount Peor. He destroyed everyone who worshiped Baal there, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You saw with your own eyes what he did in Baal Peor. The LORD your God exterminated from among you every man who followed Baal of Peor. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</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="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You have witnessed what the LORD did at Baal Peor, how he eradicated from your midst everyone who followed Baal Peor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baal Peor; for all the men who followed Baal Peor, the LORD your God has destroyed them from the midst of you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baal-peor: for all the men that followed Baal-peor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Your eyes have seen what Yahweh did because of Baal Peor; for Yahweh your God has destroyed all the men who followed Baal Peor from among you. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Your eyes are seeing that which YHWH has done in Ba‘al-Peor, for every man who has gone after Ba‘al-Peor, your God YHWH has destroyed him from your midst;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'Your eyes are seeing that which Jehovah hath done in Baal-Peor, for every man who hath gone after Baal-Peor, Jehovah thy God hath destroyed him from thy midst;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Your eyes saw what Jehovah did upon Baal-Peor: for every man who went after Baal-Peor, Jehovah thy God destroyed him from the midst of you.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Your eyes have seen all that the Lord hath done against Beelphegor, how he hath destroyed all his worshippers from among you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Your eyes have seen all that the Lord has done against Baal-peor, in what manner he has crushed all of his worshippers from among you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You have seen with your own eyes what the LORD did at Baal-peor: the LORD, your God, destroyed from your midst everyone who followed the Baal of Peor;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You have seen for yourselves what the LORD did with regard to the Baal of Peor—how the LORD your God destroyed from among you everyone who followed the Baal of Peor,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baal-peor; for every man who followed Baal-peor, the LORD your God has destroyed him from among you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Your eyes have seen everything that LORD JEHOVAH did to Baal Peor, because every man who goes after Baal Peor, LORD JEHOVAH your God shall destroy him from among you.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Your eyes have seen what the LORD did in Baal-peor; for all the men that followed the Baal of Peor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from the midst of thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Your eyes have seen all that the Lord our God did in <i>the case of</i> Beel-phegor; for every man that went after Beel-phegor, the Lord your God has utterly destroyed him from among you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/4-3.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/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=1124" 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/deuteronomy/4.htm">An Exhortation to Obedience</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you. <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: ‘ê·nê·ḵem (N-cdc:: 2mp) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">Your eyes</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: hā·rō·’ōṯ (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-fp) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">have seen</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">what</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.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">did</a> <a href="/hebrew/1187.htm" title="1187: bə·ḇa·‘al (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- Baal of Peor, a Moabite god. From Ba'al and p'owr; Baal of Peor; Baal-Peor, a Moabitish deity."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1187.htm" title="1187: pə·‘ō·wr (Conj) -- Baal of Peor, a Moabite god. From Ba'al and p'owr; Baal of Peor; Baal-Peor, a Moabitish deity.">at Baal-peor,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (N-msc) -- That, for, when. ">for</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.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">your God</a> <a href="/hebrew/8045.htm" title="8045: hiš·mî·ḏōw (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms:: 3ms) -- To be exterminated or destroyed. A primitive root; to desolate.">destroyed</a> <a href="/hebrew/7130.htm" title="7130: miq·qir·be·ḵā (Prep-m:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- Inward part, midst. From qarab; properly, the nearest part, i.e. The center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial.">from among you</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ḵāl (Art:: N-ms) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: hā·’îš (Pro-r) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term."></a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">who</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: hā·laḵ (Prep) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">followed</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥă·rê (Prep) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1187.htm" title="1187: 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/1187.htm" title="1187: pə·‘ō·wr (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> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive to this day, every one of you.…<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="/numbers/25-1.htm">Numbers 25:1-9</a></span><br />While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab, / who also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to these gods. / 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="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/22-17.htm">Joshua 22:17</a></span><br />Was not the sin of Peor enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day? It even brought a plague upon the congregation of the LORD.<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="/numbers/31-16.htm">Numbers 31:16</a></span><br />“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.<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="/jude/1-11.htm">Jude 1:11</a></span><br />Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/18-18.htm">1 Kings 18:18</a></span><br />“I have not troubled Israel,” Elijah replied, “but you and your father’s house have, for you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-13.htm">2 Kings 23:13</a></span><br />The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.<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/20-18.htm">Ezekiel 20:18</a></span><br />In the wilderness I said to their children: ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-14.htm">2 Corinthians 6:14-17</a></span><br />Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? / What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? / What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Galatians 5:19-21</a></span><br />The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; / idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, / and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD your God has destroyed them from among you.</p><p class="hdg">what the</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/25-1.htm">Numbers 25:1-9</a></b></br> And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/31-16.htm">Numbers 31:16</a></b></br> 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.</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><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/33-7.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="/deuteronomy/1-17.htm">Case</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-6.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-34.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-27.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-16.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-29.htm">Peor</a> <a href="/numbers/31-16.htm">Pe'or</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/joshua/11-17.htm">Baal</a> <a href="/judges/6-28.htm">Ba'al</a> <a href="/psalms/106-28.htm">Baalpeor</a> <a href="/joshua/22-17.htm">Baal-Peor</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-24.htm">Case</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-26.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-31.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-6.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-5.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-46.htm">Peor</a> <a href="/joshua/22-17.htm">Pe'or</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/4-1.htm">An exhortation to obedience</a></span><br><span class="reftext">41. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/4-41.htm">Moses appoints the three cities of refuge on that side of Jordan</a></span><br><span class="reftext">44. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/4-44.htm">Recapitulation</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/deuteronomy/4.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/deuteronomy/4.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor</b><br>This phrase refers to a specific historical event recorded in <a href="/numbers/25.htm">Numbers 25</a>, where the Israelites fell into idolatry and immorality with the Moabite women, leading to the worship of Baal of Peor. The phrase emphasizes the firsthand witness of the Israelites to God's judgment, serving as a powerful reminder of His holiness and intolerance of idolatry. The event at Baal-peor is a stark warning against turning away from God, highlighting the consequences of disobedience. It underscores the importance of faithfulness to God, as the Israelites were called to be a holy nation set apart for His purposes.<p><b>for the LORD your God destroyed from among you</b><br>This part of the verse highlights God's direct intervention in purging the community of those who sinned. It reflects the seriousness with which God views idolatry and the lengths He will go to maintain the purity of His people. The destruction of the guilty parties serves as a sobering reminder of divine justice. It also illustrates the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where blessings are contingent upon obedience, and disobedience leads to severe consequences.<p><b>all who followed Baal of Peor</b><br>Baal of Peor was a local deity worshiped by the Moabites, and the Israelites' involvement with this idol represented a breach of their covenant with God. The phrase indicates that those who turned to this false god were completely removed from the community, demonstrating the exclusivity of worship that God demands. This event foreshadows the New Testament teaching of separation from sin and the call to holiness found in passages like <a href="/2_corinthians/6-17.htm">2 Corinthians 6:17</a>. It also serves as a type of Christ's ultimate victory over sin and idolatry, as He calls His followers to worship God alone.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The speaker of this verse, Moses is addressing the Israelites, reminding them of past events to instruct and warn them.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The audience of Moses' speech, they are the chosen people of God who witnessed the events at Baal-peor.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/b/baal-peor.htm">Baal-peor</a></b><br>A location where the Israelites fell into idolatry and immorality, worshiping the Moabite god Baal, which led to God's judgment.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/baal_of_peor.htm">Baal of Peor</a></b><br>A false deity worshiped by the Moabites, representing fertility and associated with licentious practices.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The one true God of Israel, who executed judgment on those who turned to idolatry at Baal-peor.<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 anything that takes the place of God in our hearts. We must guard against modern forms of idolatry, such as materialism or self-worship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>The events at Baal-peor serve as a stark reminder that disobedience to God leads to severe consequences. We must strive to live in obedience to God's commands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_remembrance.htm">The Importance of Remembrance</a></b><br>Remembering past failures and God's judgments helps us avoid repeating the same mistakes. Reflect on personal and communal history to grow in faithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_righteous_judgment.htm">God's Righteous Judgment</a></b><br>God's actions at Baal-peor demonstrate His holiness and justice. We should have a healthy fear of the Lord, understanding that He is both loving and just.<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 set apart and holy. This requires vigilance in our spiritual walk and a commitment to God's standards.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 4</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_occurred_at_baal_of_peor.htm">What happened at Baal of Peor in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_the_trinity.htm">What is the Bible's teaching on the Trinity?</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/do_isaiah_56_3-5_and_deut._23_1_conflict.htm">Does Isaiah 56:3-5 contradict Deuteronomy 23:1 by allowing eunuchs into God's congregation?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) <span class= "bld">Your eyes have seen.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">your eyes are they that see</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e., </span>you are witnesses of these things. The men who perished by the plague because of the iniquity of Beth peor--to the number of 24,000--seem to have been all members of the younger generation; for they had already passed the brook Zered. (See on <a href="/deuteronomy/2-13.htm" title="Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered.">Deuteronomy 2:13</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 3, 4.</span> - The people had had personal experience of the danger, on the one hand, of transgressing, and the benefit, on the other, of keeping God's Law; they had seen how those who sinned in worshipping Baal-peer were destroyed (<a href="/numbers/25-3.htm">Numbers 25:3, 9</a>), whilst those who remained faithful to the Lord were kept alive. This experience the people had had only lately before, so that a reference to it would be all the more impressive. <span class="cmt_word">Baal-peor,</span> the idol whose <span class="accented">cultus was observed at Peor. Baal (<span class="accented">Bal</span>, <span class="accented">Be</span> cf., <span class="accented">Bel</span>, Lord) was the common name of the supreme deity among the northern of the Semitic-speaking people, the Canaanites, the Phoenicians, the Aramaeans, and the Assyrians. There were thus many Baals. <span class="cmt_word">Followed</span>: <span class="accented">walked after</span>; a common Biblical expression for religious adherence and service (cf. <a href="/jeremiah/8-2.htm">Jeremiah 8:2</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/9-14.htm">Jeremiah 9:14</a>; and with a different formula, <a href="/numbers/32-12.htm">Numbers 32:12</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/1-36.htm">Deuteronomy 1:36</a>; <a href="/joshua/14-8.htm">Joshua 14:8</a>; <a href="/judges/2-12.htm">Judges 2:12</a>, etc.). <span class="cmt_word">Ye that did cleave unto Jehovah your God.</span> "To cleave unto one" is expressive of the closest, most intimate attachment and communion (cf. <a href="/genesis/2-24.htm">Genesis 2:24</a>; <a href="/isaiah/14-1.htm">Isaiah 14:1</a>). The phrase is frequently used of devotion to the service and worship of the true God (cf. <a href="/deuteronomy/10-20.htm">Deuteronomy 10:20</a>; <a href="/joshua/22-5.htm">Joshua 22:5</a>; <a href="/joshua/23-8.htm">Joshua 23:8</a>; <a href="/acts/2-23.htm">Acts 2:23</a>, etc.); here it expresses the contrast between the conduct of those who remained faithful to Jehovah and those who forsook him to worship Baal. <span class="cmt_word">Are alive every one of you this day</span>. "Thus they that keep themselves pure in general defections, are saved from the common destruction (<a href="/ezekiel/9-4.htm">Ezekiel 9:4-6</a>; <a href="/2_timothy/2-19.htm">2 Timothy 2:19</a>; <a href="/revelation/20-4.htm">Revelation 20:4</a>)" (Ainsworth). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/4-3.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">Your eyes</span><br /><span class="heb">עֵֽינֵיכֶם֙</span> <span class="translit">(‘ê·nê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - cdc | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> </span><span class="str2">An eye, a fountain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have seen</span><br /><span class="heb">הָֽרֹאֹ֔ת</span> <span class="translit">(hā·rō·’ōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">what</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁר־</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</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_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> </span><span class="str2">YHWH</span><br /><br /><span class="word">did</span><br /><span class="heb">עָשָׂ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·śāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at Baal-peor,</span><br /><span class="heb">פְּע֑וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(pə·‘ō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<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">for</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> </span><span class="str2">YHWH</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<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">destroyed</span><br /><span class="heb">הִשְׁמִיד֛וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(hiš·mî·ḏōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8045.htm">Strong's 8045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be exterminated or destroyed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from among you</span><br /><span class="heb">מִקִּרְבֶּֽךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(miq·qir·be·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7130.htm">Strong's 7130: </a> </span><span class="str2">The nearest part, the center</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָל־</span> <span class="translit">(ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֤ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">followed</span><br /><span class="heb">הָלַךְ֙</span> <span class="translit">(hā·laḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Baal of Peor.</span><br /><span class="heb">פְּע֔וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(pə·‘ō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">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 /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/4-3.htm">Deuteronomy 4:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/4-3.htm">Deuteronomy 4:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/4-3.htm">Deuteronomy 4:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/4-3.htm">Deuteronomy 4:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/4-3.htm">Deuteronomy 4:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/4-3.htm">Deuteronomy 4:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/4-3.htm">Deuteronomy 4:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/4-3.htm">Deuteronomy 4:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/4-3.htm">Deuteronomy 4:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/4-3.htm">Deuteronomy 4:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/4-3.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 4:3 Your eyes have seen what Yahweh did (Deut. 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