1 While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab, 2 who also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to these gods.
Numbers 25:1–2
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Psalms 106:27–29
27 to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands. 28 They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods. 29 So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
Judges 3:5–7
5 Thus the Israelites continued to live among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. 6 And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods. 7 So the Israelites did evi…
1 Chronicles 5:24–26
24 These were the heads of their families: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were mighty men of valor, famous men, and heads of their families. 25 But they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers, and they prostituted themselves w…
1 Maccabees 1:42–44
42 and that each should forsake his own laws. All the nations agreed according to the word of the king. (WEB) 43 Many of Israel consented to his worship, sacrificed to the idols, and profaned the Sabbath. (WEB) 44 The king sent letters by the hand of messengers to Jerusalem and the… (WEB)
Psalms 106:34–36
34 They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them, 35 but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs. 36 They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.
Numbers 31:15–17
15 “Have you spared all the women?” he asked them. 16 “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. 17 So now, kill all the boys, as wel…
Exodus 34:15–17
15 Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices. 16 And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their… 17 …
Deuteronomy 29:25–27
25 And the people will answer, ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt. 26 They went and served other gods, and they worshiped gods they had not known—god…
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