Devine Scripture

Numbers 25:1

Numbers chapter 25 · verse 1 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.1This passage

v.2for they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods; and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Revelation 2:14

    But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there some that hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit fornication.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:8

    Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

  • Ecclesiastes 7:26

    And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

  • Numbers 31:15

    And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?

  • Joshua 2:1

    And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men as spies secretly, saying, Go, view the land, and Jericho. And they went and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lay there.

  • Micah 6:5

    O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him; remember from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the righteous acts of Jehovah.