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Numbers 25

Num. 25:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
joined
tsamad (Hebrew #6775)
to link, i.e. gird; figuratively, to serve, (mentally) contrive
KJV usage: fasten, frame, join (self).
Pronounce: tsaw-mad'
Origin: a primitive root
o himself unto Baal-peor
Ba`al (Hebrew #1187)
Baal of Peor; Baal-Peor, a Moabitish deity
KJV usage: Baal-peor.
Pronounce: P`owr
Origin: from 1168 and 6465
: and the anger
'aph (Hebrew #639)
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
KJV usage: anger(-gry), + before, countenance, face, + forebearing, forehead, + (long-)suffering, nose, nostril, snout, X worthy, wrath.
Pronounce: af
Origin: from 599
of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
was kindled
charah (Hebrew #2734)
to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy
KJV usage: be angry, burn, be displeased, X earnestly, fret self, grieve, be (wax) hot, be incensed, kindle, X very, be wroth. See 8474.
Pronounce: khaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2787)
against Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
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Josh. 22:17• 17Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the Lord, (Josh. 22:17)
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Psa. 106:28‑29• 28They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
 29Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them. (Psa. 106:28‑29)
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Hos. 9:10• 10I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe 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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Cross References

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joined.
Num. 25:5• 5And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal-peor. (Num. 25:5)
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Deut. 4:3‑4• 3Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal-peor: for all the men that followed Baal-peor, the Lord thy God hath destroyed them from among you.
 4But ye that did cleave unto the Lord your God are alive every one of you this day. (Deut. 4:3‑4)
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Josh. 22:17• 17Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the Lord, (Josh. 22:17)
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Psa. 106:28‑29• 28They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
 29Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them. (Psa. 106:28‑29)
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Hos. 9:10• 10I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe 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)
the anger.
Josh. 22:17• 17Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the Lord, (Josh. 22:17)
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Judg. 2:14,20• 14And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
 20And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice; (Judg. 2:14,20)
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Psa. 90:11• 11Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath. (Psa. 90:11)
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Jer. 17:4• 4And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever. (Jer. 17:4)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Israel joined himself to Baal-Peorg; and the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "to the Baal of Peor."