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Num. 25:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Andm they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowedn down to their gods.

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Ex. 34:15‑16• ¹⁵{i}lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and then, when they go a whoring after their gods, and sacrifice unto their gods, thou be invited, and eat of their sacrifice,{/i}
¹⁶{i}and thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.{/i} (Ex. 34:15‑16)

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Ex. 20:5• ⁵{i}thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I, Jehovah thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and to the fourth generation of them that hate me,{/i} (Ex. 20:5)

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Ex. 34:15‑16• ¹⁵{i}lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and then, when they go a whoring after their gods, and sacrifice unto their gods, thou be invited, and eat of their sacrifice,{/i}
¹⁶{i}and thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.{/i} (Ex. 34:15‑16)

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Josh. 22:17• ¹⁷{i}Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us? from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the assembly of Jehovah.{/i} (Josh. 22:17)

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1 Kings 11:1‑8• ¹But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
²{i}of the nations of which Jehovah had said to the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in to you; they would certainly turn away your heart after their gods: to these Solomon was attached in love.{/i}
³{i}And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart{/i}.
⁴For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as was the heart of David his father.
⁵For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
⁶And Solomon did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and went not fully after Jehovah, as did David his father.
⁷Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
⁸And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods. (1 Kings 11:1‑8)

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Psa. 106:28• ²⁸And they joined themselves to Baal-Peor{HR}And ate sacrifices of dead (beings). (Psa. 106:28)

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Hos. 9:10• ¹⁰I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the first-ripe in the fig-tree at her first time: but they went to Baal-peor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved. (Hos. 9:10)

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1 Cor. 10:20• ²⁰but that what they sacrifice, they sacrificed to demons, and not to God; and I wish you not to be in fellowship with demons. (1 Cor. 10:20)

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1 Cor. 10:27‑28• ²⁷And if anyone of the unbelieving inviteth you, and ye desire to go, all that is set before you eat, examining nothing for conscience' sake.
²⁸But if anyone say to you, This is sacrificed, eat not for his sake that pointed [it] out, and conscience; (1 Cor. 10:27‑28)

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2 Cor. 6:16‑17• ¹⁶and what agreement for God's temple with idols? For ye are [the] living God's temple, even as God said, I will dwell and walk among them, and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
¹⁷Wherefore come out from the midst of them and be separated, saith [the] Lord, and touch no unclean thing; and I will receive you (2 Cor. 6:16‑17)

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Rev. 2:14• ¹⁴But I have a few things against thee, [because] thou hast there {i}some{/i} {i}that{/i} hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit fornication. (Rev. 2:14)

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Ex. 20:5• ⁵{i}thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I, Jehovah thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and to the fourth generation of them that hate me,{/i} (Ex. 20:5)

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Ex. 23:24• ²⁴{i}Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their deeds; but thou shalt utterly destroy them, and utterly shatter their statues.{/i} (Ex. 23:24)

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Josh. 23:7,16• ⁷{i}that ye enter not among these nations, these that remain among you; and ye shall make no mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them , neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them;{/i}
¹⁶{i}when ye transgress the covenant of Jehovah your God which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow yourselves unto them, so that the anger of Jehovah shall be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.{/i} (Josh. 23:7,16)

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1 Kings 19:18• ¹⁸Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him. (1 Kings 19:18)

• Balaam, whose heart was in the bond of iniquity, seeing that he cannot curse by the power of Satan, seeks to frustrate the blessing of God by leading the people into sin and idolatry. (“Numbers 22-25” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And they invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods; and the people ate, and bowed down to their gods.

W. Kelly Translation

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And they invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods; and the people ate, and bowed down to their gods.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)