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 congregation of the LORD,
Parallel translations
- WEB Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day, although there came a plague on the congregation of Yahweh,
- BSB Was not the sin of Peor enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day? It even brought a plague upon the congregation of the LORD.
- NKJV Is the iniquity of Peor not enough for us, from which we are not cleansed till this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the Lord,
- NASB Is the wrongdoing of Peor not enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day, although a plague came on the congregation of the Lord,
- NLT Was our sin at Peor not enough? To this day we are not fully cleansed of it, even after the plague that struck the entire community of the Lord.
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Quick answer
They recall the sin at Peor, whose guilt still lingered, as a warning. It shows their dread of repeating past idolatry.
Overview
The delegation reminds the eastern tribes of the idolatry at Peor in Numbers 25, which brought a deadly plague. They feared that a new act of unfaithfulness would again provoke God's wrath. This appeal to history shows how seriously Israel regarded the danger and consequences of sin.
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- Ps 106:28–29They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
- Num 25:1–18And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
- Deut 4:3–4Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you.
- Ezra 9:13–14And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;
- 1 Cor 10:8Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
- 1 Cor 10:11Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
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