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Summary

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

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Bible References

Shittim

Numbers 33:49
They camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.
Joshua 2:1
Joshua son of Nun sent two spies out from Shittim secretly and instructed them: "Find out what you can about the land, especially Jericho." They stopped at the house of a prostitute named Rahab and spent the night there.
Joshua 3:1
Bright and early the next morning Joshua and the Israelites left Shittim and came to the Jordan. They camped there before crossing the river.
Micah 6:5
My people, recall how King Balak of Moab planned to harm you, how Balaam son of Beor responded to him. Recall how you journeyed from Shittim to Gilgal, so you might acknowledge that the Lord has treated you fairly."

The people

Numbers 31:15
Moses said to them, "Have you allowed all the women to live?
Ecclesiastes 7:26
I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter's snare; her heart is like a hunter's net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.
1 Corinthians 10:8
And let us not be immoral, as some of them were, and twenty-three thousand died in a single day.

General references

Exodus 34:16
and you then take his daughters for your sons, and when his daughters prostitute themselves to their gods, they will make your sons prostitute themselves to their gods as well.
Proverbs 5:14
I almost came to complete ruin in the midst of the whole congregation!"

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