Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
While Israel remained at
King James Version
And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
Holman Bible
While Israel was staying in the Acacia Grove,
International Standard Version
While Israel remained encamped in Shittim, the people began to commit sexual immorality with Moabite women,
A Conservative Version
And Israel abode in Shittim. And the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab,
American Standard Version
And Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab:
Amplified
Israel settled and remained in Shittim, and the people began to play the prostitute with the women of Moab [by being unfaithful to God].
Bible in Basic English
Now when Israel was living in Shittim the people became false to the Lord, doing evil with the daughters of Moab:
Darby Translation
And Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to commit fornication with the daughters of Moab.
Julia Smith Translation
And Israel will dwell in Shittim, and the people will begin to commit fornication with the daughters of Moab.
King James 2000
And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit harlotry with the daughters of Moab.
Lexham Expanded Bible
When Israel dwelled in Shittim, the people began to prostitute [themselves] with the daughters of Moab.
Modern King James verseion
And Israel lived in Shittim, and the people began to fornicate with the daughters of Moab.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Israel dwelt in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab,
NET Bible
When Israel lived in Shittim, the people began to commit sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab.
New Heart English Bible
Israel stayed in Shittim; and the people began to play the prostitute with the daughters of Moab:
The Emphasized Bible
And Israel remained among the acacias, - and the people began to go away unchastely unto the daughters of Moab;
Webster
And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit lewdness with the daughters of Moab.
World English Bible
Israel stayed in Shittim; and the people began to play the prostitute with the daughters of Moab:
Youngs Literal Translation
And Israel dwelleth in Shittim, and the people begin to go a-whoring unto daughters of Moab,
Themes
Idolatry » Rites of, obscene and impure
Idolatry » Idols, &c mentioned in scripture » Baal-peor
Idolatry » The jews » Followed the moabites in
Midianites » With the moabites » Seduced israel to idolatry, &c
Miscegenation » Instances of » Israel
Moabites » Are a snare to the israelites
Moabites » israelites » Enticed to idolatry by
Shittim » Also called abel-shittim » A camping place of israel
Interlinear
Yashab
Chalal
References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 25:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Plague Of Israel
1 While Israel remained at
Cross References
Joshua 2:1
And Joshua the son of Nun sent two men secretly from Shittim as spies, saying, "Go, view the land, especially Jericho." And they went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab and lodged there.
Numbers 33:49
they camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.
Micah 6:5
O my people, remember what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, and what happened from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the saving acts of the LORD."
1 Corinthians 10:8
We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day.
Joshua 3:1
Then Joshua rose early in the morning and they set out from Shittim. And they came to the Jordan, he and all the people of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
Numbers 31:15-16
Moses said to them, "Have you let all the women live?
Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I find something more bitter than death: the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are fetters. He who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is taken by her.
Revelation 2:14
But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, so that they might eat food sacrificed to idols and practice sexual immorality.