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1And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
Numbers 25:1 —
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 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. 25:3. Not all, nor the most, but very many, were taken in this snare. Now concerning this observe, 1. That Balak, by the advice of Balaam, cast this stumbling-block before the children of Israel , R...
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