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Numbers 25:8 Cross-References
Explore 6 cross-references for Numbers 25:8 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Numbers chapter 25 verse 8 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.”
Numbers 25:8 (KJV)
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Commentary on Numbers 25:8
Verse 8 describes the execution in graphic detail—'and thrust both of them through.' The specificity emphasizes the seriousness and publicity of the judgment. Scripture doesn't sanitize or romanticize the cost of maintaining covenant purity. Real consequences for real sin preserve the community. This sobering account warns that God takes His holiness seriously.
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Numbers 25:8
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“Take your censer”
“Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.”
“the son of Eleazar”
“Kill you everyone his men who have joined themselves to Baal Peor.”
“Give me the place of this threshing floor”
“and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So Yahweh was entreated for the land”