Numbers 25:1
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Numbers 25:1 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Numbers 25:1 is a verse from the book of Numbers in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Numbers 25:1 — KJV
“And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.”
— Numbers 25:1 (KJV)
Numbers 25:1 in Context — About the Book of Numbers
Numbers follows Israel through forty years of wilderness — a journey that should have taken eleven days. It is an honest record of grumbling, unbelief, and consequence, but also of God's patient provision: manna, water, guidance by cloud and fire, and the famous priestly blessing.
Cross-References for Numbers 25:1
“I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall. I will not: or, Shall I not fall: or, be punished”
Shares key themes with Numbers 25:1: people, commit, whoredom
“Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 25:1: people, commit, whoredom
“Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 25:1: israel, abode, moab
“And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel. to smite...: Heb. to smite of the people wounded as at, etc the house...: or, Bethel”
Shares key themes with Numbers 25:1: israel, people, began
“Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 25:1: people, daughters, moab
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