Israel’s Harlotry in Moab

25 Now Israel remained in (A)Acacia Grove,[a] and the (B)people began to commit harlotry with the women of Moab.

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  1. Numbers 25:1 Heb. Shittim

Moab Seduces Israel

25 While Israel was staying in Shittim,(A) the men began to indulge in sexual immorality(B) with Moabite(C) women,(D)

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(A)Nor let us commit sexual immorality, as (B)some of them did, and (C)in one day twenty-three thousand fell;

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We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did—and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.(A)

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Rahab Hides the Spies(A)

Now Joshua the son of Nun sent out two men (B)from [a]Acacia Grove to spy secretly, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.”

So they went, and (C)came to the house of a harlot named (D)Rahab, and [b]lodged there.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 2:1 Heb. Shittim
  2. Joshua 2:1 Lit. lay down

Rahab and the Spies

Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies(A) from Shittim.(B) “Go, look over(C) the land,” he said, “especially Jericho.(D)” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab(E) and stayed there.

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49 They camped by the Jordan, from Beth Jesimoth as far as the (A)Abel Acacia Grove[a] in the plains of Moab.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 33:49 Heb. Abel Shittim

49 There on the plains of Moab they camped along the Jordan from Beth Jeshimoth(A) to Abel Shittim.(B)

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14 But I have a few things against you, because you have there those who hold the doctrine of (A)Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, (B)to eat things sacrificed to idols, (C)and to commit sexual immorality.

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14 Nevertheless, I have a few things against you:(A) There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam,(B) who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols(C) and committed sexual immorality.(D)

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O My people, remember now
What (A)Balak king of Moab counseled,
And what Balaam the son of Beor answered him,
From [a]Acacia Grove to Gilgal,
That you may know (B)the righteousness of the Lord.”

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 6:5 Heb. Shittim, Num. 25:1; Josh. 2:1; 3:1

My people, remember
    what Balak(A) king of Moab plotted
    and what Balaam son of Beor answered.
Remember your journey from Shittim(B) to Gilgal,(C)
    that you may know the righteous acts(D) of the Lord.”

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Israel Crosses the Jordan

Then Joshua rose early in the morning; and they set out (A)from [a]Acacia Grove and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they crossed over.

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  1. Joshua 3:1 Heb. Shittim

Crossing the Jordan

Early in the morning Joshua and all the Israelites set out from Shittim(A) and went to the Jordan,(B) where they camped before crossing over.

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15 And Moses said to them: “Have you kept (A)all the women alive? 16 Look, (B)these women caused the children of Israel, through the (C)counsel of Balaam, to trespass against the Lord in the incident of Peor, and (D)there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord.

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15 “Have you allowed all the women to live?” he asked them. 16 “They were the ones who followed Balaam’s advice(A) and enticed the Israelites to be unfaithful to the Lord in the Peor incident,(B) so that a plague(C) struck the Lord’s people.

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26 (A)And I find more bitter than death
The woman whose heart is snares and nets,
Whose hands are fetters.
[a]He who pleases God shall escape from her,
But the sinner shall be trapped by her.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 7:26 Lit. He who is good before God

26 I find more bitter than death
    the woman who is a snare,(A)
whose heart is a trap
    and whose hands are chains.
The man who pleases God will escape her,
    but the sinner she will ensnare.(B)

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