Thus they provoked Him to anger with their deeds, And the plague broke out among them.
Parallel translations
- WEB Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds. The plague broke in on them.
- KJV Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.
- BSB So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
- NASB So they provoked Him to anger with their deeds, And a plague broke out among them.
- NLT They angered the Lord with all these things, so a plague broke out among them.
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Quick answer
They provoked God with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them. It matters because their idolatry brought swift divine judgment.
Overview
Israel's worship of Baal of Peor stirred God's wrath, and a plague struck the camp (Numbers 25:3-9). Their actions had deadly consequences. The verse shows that idolatry is not harmless but provokes the holy God to righteous judgment.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- 1 Cor 10:8Let us not commit sexual immorality, as some of them committed, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell.
- Deut 32:16–21They moved him to jealousy with strange gods. They provoked him to anger with abominations.
- Eccl 7:29Behold, I have only found this: that God made man upright; but they search for many schemes.”
- Rom 1:21–24Because, knowing God, they didn’t glorify him as God, neither gave thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened.
- Ps 106:39Thus were they defiled with their works, and prostituted themselves in their deeds.
- Num 25:9Those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand.
- Ps 99:8You answered them, Yahweh our God. You are a God who forgave them, although you took vengeance for their doings.
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