So (A)Israel [a]became followers of [b]Baal of Peor, and the Lord was angry with Israel.

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  1. Numbers 25:3 Lit bound themselves to
  2. Numbers 25:3 Or Baal-peor

So Israel yoked themselves to(A) the Baal of Peor.(B) And the Lord’s anger burned against them.

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(A)Your eyes have seen what the Lord has done in the case of Baal-peor, for all the men who followed Baal-peor, the Lord your God has destroyed [a]them from among you.

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  1. Deuteronomy 4:3 Lit him

You saw with your own eyes what the Lord did at Baal Peor.(A) The Lord your God destroyed from among you everyone who followed the Baal of Peor,

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10 I found Israel like (A)grapes in the wilderness;
I saw your forefathers as the (B)earliest fruit on the fig tree in its first season.
But they came to (C)Baal-peor and devoted themselves to [a](D)shame,
And they became as (E)detestable as that which they loved.

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  1. Hosea 9:10 I.e., Baal

10 “When I found Israel,
    it was like finding grapes in the desert;
when I saw your ancestors,
    it was like seeing the early fruit(A) on the fig(B) tree.
But when they came to Baal Peor,(C)
    they consecrated themselves to that shameful idol(D)
    and became as vile as the thing they loved.

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