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The women invited the people to the sacrifices for their gods. The people ate and bowed down to their gods. The Israelites attached themselves to[a] the Baal of Peor. The Lord’s anger burned against Israel. The Lord said to Moses, “Take all the heads of the people and impale them before the Lord in broad daylight so that the fierce anger of the Lord may turn away from Israel.”

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  1. Numbers 25:3 Literally yoked themselves to