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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/numbers/25.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/numbers/25.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with Moabite women,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/numbers/25.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />While the Israelites were camped at Acacia Grove, some of the men defiled themselves by having sexual relations with local Moabite women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/25.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />While Israel lived in Shittim, the people began to whore with the daughters of Moab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/25.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/25.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/25.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now Israel remained in Acacia Grove, and the people began to commit harlotry with the women of Moab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/25.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />While Israel remained at Shittim, the people began to commit infidelity with the daughters of Moab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/25.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />While Israel remained at Shittim, the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/25.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />While Israel remained at Shittim, the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/25.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And Israel remained at Shittim, and the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/25.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Israel settled <i>and</i> remained in Shittim, and the people began to play the prostitute with the women of Moab [by being unfaithful to God].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/25.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />While Israel was staying in the Acacia Grove, the people began to prostitute themselves with the women of Moab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/25.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />While Israel was staying in the Acacia Grove, the people began to have sexual relations with the women of Moab. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/25.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/25.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />While the Israelites were camped at Acacia, some of the men had sex with Moabite women. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/25.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/25.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />While Israel was staying at Shittim, the men began to have sex with Moabite women<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/25.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />When the Israelites were camped at Acacia Valley, the men began to have sexual intercourse with the Moabite women who were there. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/25.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />While Israel remained encamped in Shittim, the people began to commit sexual immorality with Moabite women, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/25.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/25.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />When Israel lived in Shittim, the people began to commit sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/25.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Now Israel stayed in Shittim; and the people defiled themselves by having sexual relations with the women of Moab,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/25.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit lewdness with the daughters of Moab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/25.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Israel stayed in Shittim; and the people began to play the prostitute with the daughters of Moab; <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 dwells in Shittim, and the people begin to go whoring to daughters of Moab,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/25.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Israel dwelleth in Shittim, and the people begin to go a-whoring unto daughters of Moab,<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 dwell in Shittim, and the people will begin to commit fornication with the daughters of Moab.<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 at that time abode in Settim, and the people committed fornication with the daughters of Moab, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/25.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Now Israel, at that time, dwelt in Shittim, and the people were fornicating with the daughters of Moab,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/25.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />While Israel was living at Shittim, the people profaned themselves by prostituting themselves with the Moabite women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/25.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />While Israel was staying at Shittim, the people began to have sexual relations with the women of Moab.<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 abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/25.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Israel dwelt in Settim and the people began to commit fornication with the daughters of Moab.<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 abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit harlotry with the daughters of Moab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/25.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Israel sojourned in Sattin, and the people profaned itself by going a-whoring after the daughters of Moab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/25-1.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=7725" 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><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.">While Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: way·yê·šeḇ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">was staying</a> <a href="/hebrew/7851.htm" title="7851: baš·šiṭ·ṭîm (Prep-b, Art:: N-proper-fs) -- The same as the plural of shittah; acacia trees; Shittim, a place East of the Jordan.">in Shittim,</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.">the men</a> <a href="/hebrew/2490.htm" title="2490: way·yā·ḥel (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to bore, i.e. to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane, to break, to begin; denom. to play.">began</a> <a href="/hebrew/2181.htm" title="2181: liz·nō·wṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To commit fornication, be a harlot. A primitive root; to commit adultery; figuratively, to commit idolatry.">to indulge in sexual immorality</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">with</a> <a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: bə·nō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">the daughters</a> <a href="/hebrew/4124.htm" title="4124: mō·w·’āḇ (N-proper-fs) -- A son of Lot, also his desc. and the territory where they settled. ">of Moab,</a> </span><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.…<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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/micah/6-5.htm">Micah 6:5</a></span><br />My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”<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="/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_corinthians/6-14.htm">2 Corinthians 6:14-16</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="/deuteronomy/7-3.htm">Deuteronomy 7:3-4</a></span><br />Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, / because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/14-24.htm">1 Kings 14:24</a></span><br />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="/ezekiel/20-7.htm">Ezekiel 20:7-8</a></span><br />And I said to them: ‘Each of you must throw away the abominations before his eyes, and you must not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’ / But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-7.htm">2 Kings 17:7-12</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. / The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Israel stayed in Shittim, and the people began to commit prostitution with the daughters of Moab.</p><p class="hdg">bowed</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Exodus 20:5</a></b></br> Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God <i>am</i> a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth <i>generation</i> of them that hate me;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/23-24.htm">Exodus 23:24</a></b></br> Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/23-7.htm">Joshua 23:7,16</a></b></br> That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear <i>by them</i>, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/22-8.htm">Abode</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-9.htm">A-Whoring</a> <a href="/numbers/5-12.htm">Commit</a> <a href="/numbers/21-29.htm">Daughters</a> <a href="/numbers/21-31.htm">Dwelleth</a> <a href="/numbers/21-34.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/numbers/23-23.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/numbers/15-39.htm">Harlot</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-14.htm">Harlotry</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-14.htm">Immorality</a> <a href="/exodus/32-6.htm">Indulge</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-9.htm">Lewdness</a> <a href="/numbers/24-17.htm">Moab</a> <a href="/numbers/22-36.htm">Moabite</a> <a href="/numbers/15-39.htm">Play</a> <a href="/numbers/15-39.htm">Prostitute</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-19.htm">Sexual</a> <a href="/exodus/38-6.htm">Shittim</a> <a href="/numbers/9-22.htm">Staying</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-5.htm">Whoredom</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-26.htm">Women</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/1-46.htm">Abode</a> <a href="/judges/8-27.htm">A-Whoring</a> <a href="/numbers/31-16.htm">Commit</a> <a href="/numbers/26-33.htm">Daughters</a> <a href="/numbers/32-40.htm">Dwelleth</a> <a href="/numbers/31-10.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/numbers/32-13.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-21.htm">Harlot</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-9.htm">Harlotry</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-9.htm">Immorality</a> <a href="/proverbs/18-21.htm">Indulge</a> <a href="/judges/20-6.htm">Lewdness</a> <a href="/numbers/25-3.htm">Moab</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-3.htm">Moabite</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-21.htm">Play</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-21.htm">Prostitute</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-21.htm">Sexual</a> <a href="/numbers/33-49.htm">Shittim</a> <a href="/judges/17-7.htm">Staying</a> <a href="/judges/19-2.htm">Whoredom</a> <a href="/numbers/25-3.htm">Women</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'; 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This area was significant as it was the final encampment of the Israelites before crossing into the Promised Land. The name "Shittim" refers to the acacia trees that were abundant in the region. This location is crucial in the narrative of Israel's journey, marking a period of transition and testing before entering Canaan. The Israelites' stay here is a reminder of their proximity to the fulfillment of God's promises, yet also highlights their vulnerability to temptation and sin.<p><b>the men began to indulge in sexual immorality</b><br>The phrase indicates a moral and spiritual decline among the Israelites. The Hebrew term used here suggests not just a physical act but a turning away from covenant faithfulness to God. This immorality was not merely a personal failing but a communal sin that threatened the holiness and distinctiveness of the Israelite community. The act of indulging in sexual immorality is often linked in Scripture to idolatry, as seen in other passages like <a href="/exodus/32.htm">Exodus 32</a> with the golden calf incident. This behavior reflects a broader pattern of rebellion and disobedience that plagued Israel throughout their wilderness journey.<p><b>with the daughters of Moab</b><br>The Moabites were descendants of Lot, Abraham's nephew, and had a complicated relationship with Israel. The interaction with the Moabite women was not just a matter of personal relationships but had significant religious implications. The Moabites worshiped the god Chemosh, and their religious practices often included ritual prostitution and other forms of sexual immorality. By engaging with the Moabite women, the Israelite men were not only breaking God's commandments regarding sexual purity but were also at risk of being drawn into idolatry. This incident foreshadows later events where Israel's alliances with foreign nations lead to spiritual compromise, as seen in the accounts of Solomon and the divided kingdom. The narrative serves as a warning against the dangers of syncretism and the importance of maintaining covenant faithfulness to God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation chosen by God, consisting of the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. At this point, they are journeying through the wilderness toward the Promised Land.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/shittim.htm">Shittim</a></b><br>A location in the plains of Moab, near the Jordan River, where the Israelites camped before entering Canaan. It is significant as the setting for the events of <a href="/bsb/numbers/25.htm">Numbers 25</a>.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_men_of_israel.htm">The Men of Israel</a></b><br>Refers to the male members of the Israelite community who engaged in sinful behavior.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_daughters_of_moab.htm">The Daughters of Moab</a></b><br>Women from the Moabite nation who enticed the Israelite men into sexual immorality and idolatry.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/sexual_immorality.htm">Sexual Immorality</a></b><br>The sinful act that the Israelite men engaged in, which was against God's commandments and led to further idolatry.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/guard_against_temptation.htm">Guard Against Temptation</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites were tempted by the Moabite women, Christians must be vigilant against the temptations of the world that lead to sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>This passage highlights the severe consequences of disobedience to God, reminding believers of the importance of holiness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>Obedience to God's commandments is crucial for maintaining a right relationship with Him and avoiding the pitfalls of sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_accountability.htm">Community Accountability</a></b><br>The actions of individuals can affect the entire community, emphasizing the need for mutual accountability among believers.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_warfare.htm">Spiritual Warfare</a></b><br>Recognize that spiritual battles often manifest in physical temptations and require reliance on God's strength to overcome.<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/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_are_shittim_in_the_bible.htm">What are Shittim in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'jesus_juke'_mean.htm">What are Shittim in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_spoils_distribution_fit_human_worth.htm">Numbers 31:28–30: How does distributing people as spoils align with the broader biblical theme of human worth? </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>XXV.</span><p>(1) <span class= "bld">Abode in Shittim--</span>i.e., <span class= "ital">Abel-Shittim </span>(<a href="/numbers/33-49.htm" title="And they pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth even to Abelshittim in the plains of Moab.">Numbers 33:49</a>). (See Note on <a href="/numbers/22-1.htm" title="And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.">Numbers 22:1</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/25.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Abode in Shittim.</span> For a considerable time; from their first arrival in the Arboth Moab until the crossing of the Jordan. Shittim is the shortened form of Abel-Shittim, "Field of Acacias" (<a href="/numbers/33-49.htm">Numbers 33:49</a>). It seems to have been the northernmost part of the last encampment of Israel on that side Jordan, and the head-quarters of the host (<a href="/joshua/2-1.htm">Joshua 2:1</a>; <a href="/joshua/3-1.htm">Joshua 3:1</a>). <span class="cmt_word">Began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.</span> This commencement of sin seems to have been made by Israel without special provocation. The very victories won, and the comparative ease and affluence now enjoyed, after long marches and hardships, may well have predisposed them to this sin, for which they now for the first time found abundant opportunity. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/25-1.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">While 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">was staying</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב</span> <span class="translit">(way·yê·šeḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in Acacia Grove,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּשִּׁטִּ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(baš·šiṭ·ṭîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7851.htm">Strong's 7851: </a> </span><span class="str2">Shittim -- a place East of the Jordan, also a wadi perhaps West of Jerusalem</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the men</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">began</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּ֣חֶל</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·ḥel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2490.htm">Strong's 2490: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to indulge in sexual immorality</span><br /><span class="heb">לִזְנ֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(liz·nō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2181.htm">Strong's 2181: </a> </span><span class="str2">To commit adultery, to commit idolatry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the daughters</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנ֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> </span><span class="str2">A daughter</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Moab,</span><br /><span class="heb">מוֹאָֽב׃</span> <span class="translit">(mō·w·’āḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4124.htm">Strong's 4124: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moab -- a son of Lot,also his descendants and the territory where they settled</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/25-1.htm">Numbers 25:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/25-1.htm">Numbers 25:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/25-1.htm">Numbers 25:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/25-1.htm">Numbers 25:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/25-1.htm">Numbers 25:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/25-1.htm">Numbers 25:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/25-1.htm">Numbers 25:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/25-1.htm">Numbers 25:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/25-1.htm">Numbers 25:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/25-1.htm">Numbers 25:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/25-1.htm">OT Law: Numbers 25:1 Israel abode in Shittim (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/24-25.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 24:25"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 24:25" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/25-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 25:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 25:2" /></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>