Cross references

Numbers 31:16

“Look, these women caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to turn unfaithfully against the LORD at Peor, so that the plague struck the congregation of the LORD.

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Numbers 31:16 has 9 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 8 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Numbers 25:1–9 (12 votes) and 2 Peter 2:15 (12 votes). 19 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Numbers 24 to Revelation 2.

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Which verses does Numbers 31:16 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab, who also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to these gods. …

  2. 2 Peter 2:1512 votes

    They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.

  3. But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.

  4. Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor.

  5. Was not the sin of Peor enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day? It even brought a plague upon the congregation of the LORD.

  6. Now I am going back to my people, but come, let me warn you what this people will do to your people in the days to come.”

  7. For they assailed you deceitfully when they seduced you in the matter of Peor and their sister Cozbi, the daughter of the Midianite leader, the woman who was killed on the day the plague came because of Peor.”

  8. For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.

  9. And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.

Which verses point to Numbers 31:16?

The 10 strongest of 19.