Numbers 31:16

Numbers chapter 31 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against Jehovah in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of Jehovah.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against Jehovah in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of Jehovah.

Context

v.15And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?

v.16This passage

v.17Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.

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.

  • Numbers 24:14

    And now, behold, I go unto my people: come, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.

  • Proverbs 23:27

    For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.

  • Deuteronomy 4:3

    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.

  • 2 Peter 2:15

    forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the hire of wrong-doing;

  • Joshua 22:17

    Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves unto this day, although there came a plague upon the congregation of Jehovah,