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Baal-peor » An idol of moab
When Israel joined themselves to Baal-peor, the anger of the Lord flared up against Israel.
So Moses said to the judges of Israel, "Each of you must execute those of his men who were joined to Baal-peor."
You have witnessed what the Lord did at Baal Peor, how he eradicated from your midst everyone who followed Baal Peor.
They worshiped Baal of Peor, and ate sacrifices offered to the dead.
When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the wilderness. I viewed your ancestors like an early fig on a fig tree in its first season. Then they came to Baal-Peor and they dedicated themselves to shame -- they became as detestable as what they loved.
Fig tree » Fruit of » First ripe esteemed
When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the wilderness. I viewed your ancestors like an early fig on a fig tree in its first season. Then they came to Baal-Peor and they dedicated themselves to shame -- they became as detestable as what they loved.
One basket had very good-looking figs in it. They looked like those that had ripened early. The other basket had very bad-looking figs in it, so bad they could not be eaten.
Fig tree » Fruit of, illustrative » (first ripe,) of the fathers of the jewish church
When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the wilderness. I viewed your ancestors like an early fig on a fig tree in its first season. Then they came to Baal-Peor and they dedicated themselves to shame -- they became as detestable as what they loved.
natural Fruit » Varieties of » Grapes
he must separate himself from wine and strong drink, he must drink neither vinegar made from wine nor vinegar made from strong drink, nor may he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or raisins.
You must not pick your vineyard bare, and you must not gather up the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You must leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the Lord your God.
When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the wilderness. I viewed your ancestors like an early fig on a fig tree in its first season. Then they came to Baal-Peor and they dedicated themselves to shame -- they became as detestable as what they loved.
You will recognize them by their fruit. Grapes are not gathered from thorns or figs from thistles, are they?
When you enter the vineyard of your neighbor you may eat as many grapes as you please, but you must not take away any in a container.
When you gather the grapes of your vineyard you must not do so a second time; they should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow.
"When that time comes, people will no longer say, 'The parents have eaten sour grapes, but the children's teeth have grown numb.'
"What do you mean by quoting this proverb concerning the land of Israel, "'The fathers eat sour grapes And the children's teeth become numb?'
for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thorns, nor are grapes picked from brambles.
Sin » Love of
They are illustrations of this true proverb: "A dog returns to its own vomit," and "A sow, after washing herself, wallows in the mire."
When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the wilderness. I viewed your ancestors like an early fig on a fig tree in its first season. Then they came to Baal-Peor and they dedicated themselves to shame -- they became as detestable as what they loved.
Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone who does evil deeds hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed.
For they eat bread gained from wickedness and drink wine obtained from violence.
They are determined to be experts at doing evil; government officials and judges take bribes, prominent men make demands, and they all do what is necessary to satisfy them.
who delight in doing evil, they rejoice in perverse evil;
In it he went and preached to the spirits in prison, after they were disobedient long ago when God patiently waited in the days of Noah as an ark was being constructed. In the ark a few, that is eight souls, were delivered through water.
Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
how much less man, who is abominable and corrupt, who drinks in evil like water!
Then the Lord spoke about these people. "They truly love to go astray. They cannot keep from running away from me. So I am not pleased with them. I will now call to mind the wrongs they have done and punish them for their sins."
The one who winks his eyes devises perverse things, and one who compresses his lips brings about evil.
Carrying out a wicked scheme is enjoyable to a fool, and so is wisdom for the one who has discernment.
I did this because they rejected my regulations, did not follow my statutes, and desecrated my Sabbaths; for their hearts followed their idols.
"If evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue, if he retains it for himself and does not let it go, and holds it fast in his mouth,
They feed on the sin offerings of my people; their appetites long for their iniquity!
For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.
The vine » Often found wild
When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the wilderness. I viewed your ancestors like an early fig on a fig tree in its first season. Then they came to Baal-Peor and they dedicated themselves to shame -- they became as detestable as what they loved.
Someone went out to the field to gather some herbs and found a wild vine. He picked some of its fruit, enough to fill up the fold of his robe. He came back, cut it up, and threw the slices into the stew pot, not knowing they were harmful.
false Worship » gods, false » Images » Names of » Baal-peor » Baal-peor, a God of the moabites
When Israel joined themselves to Baal-peor, the anger of the Lord flared up against Israel.
You have witnessed what the Lord did at Baal Peor, how he eradicated from your midst everyone who followed Baal Peor.
They worshiped Baal of Peor, and ate sacrifices offered to the dead.
When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the wilderness. I viewed your ancestors like an early fig on a fig tree in its first season. Then they came to Baal-Peor and they dedicated themselves to shame -- they became as detestable as what they loved.
The sin we committed at Peor was bad enough. To this very day we have not purified ourselves; it even brought a plague on the community of the Lord.