Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Israel dwelt in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab,
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.
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
American
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Morish
Smith
Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 25:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Plague Of Israel
1 And Israel dwelt in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab, 2 which called the people unto the sacrifice of their gods. And the people ate, and worshipped their gods,
Cross References
Joshua 2:1
Then Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two spies, secretly, saying, "Go and view the land and also Jericho." And they went, and came unto a harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
Numbers 33:49
And they pitched upon Jordan, from Bethjeshimoth unto the plain of Shittim in the fields of Moab.
Micah 6:5
Remember, O my people, what Balak the king of Moab had imagined against thee, and what answer that Balaam the son of Beor gave him, from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the loving-kindness of the LORD.
1 Corinthians 10:8
Neither let us commit fornication as some of them committed fornication, and were destroyed - in one day, twenty three thousand.
Joshua 3:1
And Joshua rose early. And they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, both he and all the children of Israel, and sojourned there before they went over.
Numbers 31:15-16
and said unto them, "Have ye saved the women alive?
Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I found, that a woman is bitterer than death: for she is a very angle, her heart is a net, and her hands are chains. Who so pleaseth God shall escape from her, but the sinner will be taken with her.
Revelation 2:14
But I have a few things against thee: that thou hast, there, they that maintain the doctrine of Balaam, which taught in Balak to put occasion of sin before the children of Israel, that they should eat of meat dedicated unto idols, and to commit fornication.