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Numbers 25:2

Numbers 25:2
And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods,.... That is, the daughters of Moab and Midian, with whom the children of Israel carried on an unlawful correspondence, invited them, their…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And they called - i. e., “the daughters of Moab called.”

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Numbers 25:1-5

Here is, I. The sin of Israel, to which they were enticed by the daughters of Moab and Midian; they were guilty both of corporal and spiritual whoredoms, for Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor, Num…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

for they called and they called. The writer relates that the Israelites first came into immoral relations with the women, and then that the women, very naturally, invited them to join in their local…