Numbers Chapter 25 verse 1 Holy Bible
And Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab:
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Now when Israel was living in Shittim the people became false to the Lord, doing evil with the daughters of Moab:
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And Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to commit fornication with the daughters of Moab.
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And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
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And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit lewdness with the daughters of Moab.
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Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to play the prostitute with the daughters of Moab:
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And Israel dwelleth in Shittim, and the people begin to go a-whoring unto daughters of Moab,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 1. - Abode in Shittim. For a considerable time; from their first arrival in the Arboth Moab until the crossing of the Jordan. Shittim is the shortened form of Abel-Shittim, "Field of Acacias" (Numbers 33:49). It seems to have been the northernmost part of the last encampment of Israel on that side Jordan, and the head-quarters of the host (Joshua 2:1; Joshua 3:1). Began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab. This commencement of sin seems to have been made by Israel without special provocation. The very victories won, and the comparative ease and affluence now enjoyed, after long marches and hardships, may well have predisposed them to this sin, for which they now for the first time found abundant opportunity.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English ReadersXXV.(1) Abode in Shittim--i.e., Abel-Shittim (Numbers 33:49). (See Note on Numbers 22:1.)