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Num 31:16 — Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

these caused		Num 24:14; Num 25:1-3; Pro 23:27; Ecc 7:26; 2Pe 2:15; Rev 2:14
in the matter		Num 25:18; Deu 4:3; Jos 22:17
and there		Num 25:9

Correlating Passages

these caused

	Num 24:14	And now, behold, I go unto my people: come [therefore, and] I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.
	Num 25:1	And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
	Num 25:2	And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
	Num 25:3	And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.
	Pro 23:27	For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit.
	Ecc 7:26	And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart [is] snares and nets, [and] her hands [as] bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
	2Pe 2:15	Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam [the son] of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
	Rev 2:14	But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.

in the matter

	Num 25:18	For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.
	Deu 4:3	Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you.
	Jos 22:17	[Is] the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD,

and there

Num 25:9

And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.

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Scott, Thomas. "Numbers 31:16," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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