Numbers 25:1
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New International Version (©1984)
While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with Moabite women,

New Living Translation (©2007)
While the Israelites were camped at Acacia Grove, some of the men defiled themselves by having sexual relations with local Moabite women.

English Standard Version (©2001)
While Israel lived in Shittim, the people began to whore with the daughters of Moab.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
While Israel remained at Shittim, the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
While Israel was staying at Shittim, the men began to have sex with Moabite women

King James Bible
And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

American King James Version
And Israel stayed in Shittim, and the people began to commit prostitution with the daughters of Moab.

American Standard Version
And Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab:

Bible in Basic English
Now when Israel was living in Shittim the people became false to the Lord, doing evil with the daughters of Moab:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Israel at that time abode in Settim, and the people committed fornication with the daughters of Moab,

Darby Bible Translation
And Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to commit fornication with the daughters of Moab.

English Revised Version
And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab:

Webster's Bible Translation
And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit lewdness with the daughters of Moab.

World English Bible
Israel stayed in Shittim; and the people began to play the prostitute with the daughters of Moab:

Young's Literal Translation
And Israel dwelleth in Shittim, and the people begin to go a-whoring unto daughters of Moab,

Geneva Study Bible

And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the {a} daughters of Moab.

(a) With the women.

Wesley's Notes

25:1 Shittim - And this was their last station, from whence they passed immediately into Canaan. This is noted as a great aggravation of their sin, that they committed it, when God was going to put them into the possession of their long - expected land. The people - Many of them. Whoredom - Either because they prostituted themselves to them upon condition of worshipping their God: or because their filthy God was worshipped by such filthy acts, as Priapus and Venus were. The daughters of Moab - And of Midian too; for both these people being confederated in this wicked design, the one is put for the other, and the daughters of Moab may be named, either because they began the transgression, or because they were the chief persons, possibly, the relations or courtiers of Balak.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

CHAPTER 25

Nu 25:1-18. The Israelites' Whoredom and Idolatry with Moab.

1. Israel abode in Shittim-a verdant meadow, so called from a grove of acacia trees which lined the eastern side of the Jordan. (See Nu 33:49).

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

25:1-5 The friendship of the wicked is more dangerous than their enmity; for none can prevail against God's people if they are not overcome by their inbred lusts; nor can any enchantment hurt them, but the enticements of worldly interests and pleasures. Here is the sin of Israel, to which they are enticed by the daughters of Moab and Midian. Those are our worst enemies who draw us to sin, for that is the greatest mischief any man can do us. Israel's sin did that which all Balaam's enchantments could not do; it set God against them. Diseases are the fruits of God's anger, and the just punishments of prevailing sins; one infection follows the other. Ringleaders in sin ought to be made examples of justice.


Numbers 31:16 "Behold, these caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, so the plague was among the congregation of the LORD.
Numbers 33:49 They camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.
Joshua 2:1 Then Joshua the son of Nun sent two men as spies secretly from Shittim, saying, "Go, view the land, especially Jericho." So they went and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lodged there.
1 Corinthians 10:8 Nor let us act immorally, as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in one day.
Revelation 2:14 But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit acts of immorality. (NASB ©1995)

Abode A-Whoring Commit Daughters Dwelleth Dwelt Evil Harlot Harlotry Immorality Indulge Lewdness Moab Moabite Play Prostitute Sexual Shittim Staying Whoredom Women


And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

they called Ex 34:15,16 Jos 22:17 1Ki 11:1-8 Ps 106:28 Ho 9:10 1Co 10:20 10:27,28 2Co 6:16,17 Re 2:14

bowed Ex 20:5 23:24 Jos 23:7,16 1Ki 19:18

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