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Compare 1 Cor 10:8 to Nu 25:1-9 Nu 31
Balaam , Balac, Baal, Baal worship as we clearly see in Nu 25:1-9, 1 Cor 10:8, include worship to this pagan fertility god which include sex orgies to worship this pagan fertility god so they get the promise of good farm crops. Some of the girls would give Human Baby Sacrifice to this pagan fertility god which is one of the god in the Baal worship.
Paul define this to be fornication. 1 Cor 10:8 the description of fornication is found in Nu 25: 1-8 which is major part of Baal worship.
They would use sex to trick the people to join them in worshipping Baal.
Numbers 25:18 NLT
because they assaulted you with deceit by tricking you into worshiping Baal of Peor, and because of Cozbi, the daughter of a Midianite leader, who was killed on the day of the plague at Peor."
**Deuteronomy 4:3 **
You saw what the LORD did to you at al-peor, where the LORD your God destroyed everyone who had worshiped the god Baal of Peor.
Numbers 25:3 NLT
Before long Israel was joining in the worship of Baal of Peor, causing the LORDās anger to blaze against his people.
Numbers 25:5 NLT
So Moses ordered Israelās judges to execute everyone who had joined in worshiping Baal of Peor.
Numbers 25:18 NLT
because they assaulted you with deceit by tricking you into worshiping Baal of Peor, and because of Cozbi, the daughter of a Midianite leader, who was killed on the day of the plague at Peor."
Judges 2:11 NLT
Then the Israelites did what was evil in the LORDās sight and worshiped the images of Baal.
Judges 2:13 NLT
They abandoned the LORD to serve Baal and the images of Ashtoreth.
Ā· Judges 3:7 NLT
The Israelites did what was evil in the LORDās sight. They forgot about the LORD their God, and they worshiped the images of Baal and the Asherah poles.
Ā· Judges 6:25 NLT
That night the LORD said to Gideon, "Take the second best bull from your fatherās herd, the one that is seven years old. Pull down your fatherās altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole standing beside it.
Ā· Judges 6:28 NLT
Early the next morning, as the people of the town began to stir, someone discovered that the altar of Baal had been knocked down and that the Asherah pole beside it was gone. In their place a new altar had been built, and it had the remains of a sacrifice on it.
Ā· Judges 6:30 NLT
āBring out your son,ā they shouted to Joash . "He must die for destroying the altar of Baal and for cutting down the Asherah pole."
Ā· Judges 6:31 NLT
But Joash shouted to the mob , "Why are you defending Baal? Will you argue his case? Whoever pleads his case will be put to death by morning! If Baal truly is a god, let him defend himself and destroy the one who knocked down his altar!"
Ā· Judges 6:32 NLT
From then on Gideon was called Jerubbaal, which means āLet Baal defend himself,ā because he knocked down Baalās altar.
Ā· Judges 8:33 NLT
As soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites prostituted themselves by worshiping the images of Baal, making Baal-berith their god .
Ā· Judges 9:4 NLT
They gave him seventy silver coins from the temple of Baal-berith, which he used to hire some soldiers who agreed to follow him.
Ā· Judges 9:46 NLT
When the people who lived in the tower of Shechem heard what had happened, they took refuge within the walls of the temple of Baal-berith.
Ā· Judges 10:6 NLT
Again the Israelites did evil in the LORDās sight. They worshiped images of Baal and Ashtoreth, and the gods of Aram, Sidon, Moab, Ammon, and Philistia. Not only this, but they abandoned the LORD and no longer served him at all.
Ā· Judges 10:10 NLT
Finally, they cried out to the LORD, saying, "We have sinned against you because we have abandoned you as our God and have served the images of Baal."
Ā· 1 Samuel 7:4 NLT
So the Israelites destroyed their images of Baal and Ashtoreth and worshiped only the LORD.
Ā· 1 Samuel 12:10 NLT
"Then they cried to the LORD again and confessed, ā We have sinned by turning away from the LORD and worshiping the images of Baal and Ashtoreth. But we will worship you and you alone if you will rescue us from our enemies.ā
Ā· 1 Kings 16:31 NLT
And as though it were not enough to live like Jeroboam, he married Jezebel, the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians, and he began to worship Baal.
Ā· 1 Kings 16:32 NLT
First he built a temple and an altar for Baal in Samaria.
Ā· 1 Kings 18:18 NLT
āI have made no trouble for Israel,ā Elijah replied. "You and your family are the troublemakers, for you have refused to obey the commands of the LORD and have worshiped the images of Baal instead.
Ā· 1 Kings 18:19 NLT
Now bring all the people of Israel to Mount Carmel, with all 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of Asherah, who are supported by Jezebel."
Ā· 1 Kings 18:21 NLT
Then Elijah stood in front of them and said, āHow long are you going to waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him! But if Baal is God, then follow him!ā But the people were completely silent.
Ā· 1 Kings 18:22 NLT
Then Elijah said to them, "I am the only prophet of the LORD who is left, but Baal has 450 prophets.
Ā· 1 Kings 18:23 NLT
Now bring two bulls. The prophets of Baal may choose whichever one they wish and cut it into pieces and lay it on the wood of their altar, but without setting fire to it. I will prepare the other bull and lay it on the wood on the altar, but not set fire to it.
Ā· 1 Kings 18:25 NLT
Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, āYou go first, for there are many of you. Choose one of the bulls and prepare it and call on the name of your god. But do not set fire to the wood.ā
Ā· 1 Kings 18:26 NLT
So they prepared one of the bulls and placed it on the altar. Then they called on the name of Baal all morning, shouting, āO Baal, answer us!ā But there was no reply of any kind. Then they danced wildly around the altar they had made.
Ā· 1 Kings 18:40 NLT
Then Elijah commanded, āSeize all the prophets of Baal. Donāt let a single one escape!ā So the people seized them all, and Elijah took them down to the Kishon Valley and killed them there.
Ā· 1 Kings 19:1 NLT
When Ahab got home, he told Jezebel what Elijah had done and that he had slaughtered the prophets of Baal.
Ā· 1 Kings 19:18 NLT
Yet I will preserve seven thousand others in Israel who have never bowed to Baal or kissed him!"
Ā· 1 Kings 22:53 NLT
He served Baal and worshiped him, arousing the anger of the LORD , the God of Israel, just as his father had done.
Ā· 2 Kings 1:2 NLT
One day Israelās new king, Ahaziah, fell through the latticework of an upper room at his palace in Samaria, and he was seriously injured. So he sent messengers to the temple of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether he would recover.
Ā· 2 Kings 1:3 NLT
But the angel of the LORD told Elijah, who was from Tishbe, "Go and meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, 'Why are you going to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether the king will get well? Is there no God in Israel?
Ā· 2 Kings 1:6 NLT
They replied, "A man came up to us and said, 'Go back to the king and give him this message from the LORD: Why are you sending men to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron , to ask whether you will get well? Is there no God in Israel? Now, since you have done this, you will never leave the bed on which you are lying, but you will surely die.ā"
Ā· 2 Kings 1:16 NLT
And Elijah said to the king, "This is what the LORD says: Why did you send messengers to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether you will get well? Is there no God in Israel? Now, since you have done this, you will never leave the bed on which you are lying, but you will surely die."
Ā· 2 Kings 3:2 NLT
He did what was evil in the LORDās sight, but he was not as wicked as his father and mother. He at least tore down the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had set up .
Ā· 2 Kings 4:42 NLT
One day a man from Baal-shalishah brought the man of God a sack of fresh grain and twenty loaves of barley bread made from the first grain of his harvest. Elisha said, āGive it to the group of prophets so they can eat.ā
Ā· 2 Kings 10:18 NLT
Then Jehu called a meeting of all the people of the city and said to them, "Ahab hardly worshiped Baal at all compared to the way I will worship him!
Ā· 2 Kings 10:19 NLT
Summon all the prophets and worshipers of Baal, and call together all his priests. See to it that every one of them comes, for I am going to offer a great sacrifice to Baal. Any of Baalās worshipers who fail to come will be put to death." But Jehuās plan was to destroy all the worshipers of Baal.
Ā· 2 Kings 10:20 NLT
Then Jehu ordered, āPrepare a solemn assembly to worship Baal!ā So they did.
Ā· 2 Kings 10:21 NLT
He sent messengers throughout all Israel summoning those who worshiped Baal. They all came and filled the temple of Baal from one end to the other.
Ā· 2 Kings 10:22 NLT
And Jehu instructed the keeper of the wardrobe, āBe sure that every worshiper of Baal wears one of these robes.ā So robes were given to them.
Ā· 2 Kings 10:23 NLT
Then Jehu went into the temple of Baal with Jehonadab son of Recab. Jehu said to the worshipers of Baal, āMake sure that only those who worship Baal are here . Donāt let anyone in who worships the LORD!ā
Ā· 2 Kings 10:25 NLT
As soon as Jehu had finished sacrificing the burnt offering, he commanded his guards and officers, āGo in and kill all of them. Donāt let a single one escape!ā So they killed them all with their swords, and the guards and officers dragged their bodies outside. Then Jehuās men went into the fortress of the temple of Baal.
Ā· 2 Kings 10:26 NLT
They dragged out the sacred pillar used in the worship of Baal and destroyed it.
Ā· 2 Kings 10:27 NLT
They broke down the sacred pillar of Baal and wrecked the temple of Baal , converting it into a public toilet. That is what it is used for to this day.
Ā· 2 Kings 10:28 NLT
Thus, Jehu destroyed every trace of Baal worship from Israel.
Ā· 2 Kings 11:18 NLT
And all the people of the land went over to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They demolished the altars and smashed the idols to pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal i n front of the altars.Jehoiada the priest stationed guards at the Temple of the LORD.
Ā· 2 Kings 17:16 NLT
They defied all the commands of the LORD their God and made two calves from metal. They set up an Asherah pole and worshiped Baal and all the forces of heaven.
Ā· 2 Kings 21:3 NLT
He rebuilt the pagan shrines his father, Hezekiah, had destroyed. He constructed altars for Baal and set up an Asherah pole , just as King Ahab of Israel had done. He also bowed before all the forces of heaven and worshiped them.
Ā· 2 Kings 23:4 NLT
Then the king instructed Hilkiah the high priest and the leading priests and the Temple gatekeepers to remove from the LORDās Temple all the utensils that were used to worship Baal, Asherah, and all the forces of heaven. The king had all these things burned outside Jerusalem on the terraces of the Kidron Valley, and he carried the ashes away to Bethel.
Ā· 2 Kings 23:5 NLT
He did away with the pagan priests, who had been appointed by the previous kings of Judah, for they had burned incense at the pagan shrines throughout Judah and even in the vicinity of Jerusalem. They had also offered incense to Baal , and to the sun, the moon, the constellations, and to all the forces of heaven.
Ā· 2 Chronicles 17:3 NLT
The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the example of his fatherās early years and did not worship the images of Baal.
Ā· 2 Chronicles 23:17 NLT
And all the people went over to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They demolished the altars and smashed the idols, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baa l in front of the altars.
Ā· 2 Chronicles 24:7 NLT
Over the years, the followers of wicked Athaliah had broken into the Temple of God, and they had used all the dedicated things from the Temple of the LORD to worship the images of Baal.
Ā· 2 Chronicles 28:2 NLT
Instead, he followed the example of the kings of Israel and cast images for the worship of Baal.
Ā· 2 Chronicles 33:3 NLT
He rebuilt the pagan shrines his father Hezekiah had destroyed. He constructed altars for the images of Baal and set up Asherah poles. He also bowed before all the stars of heaven and worshiped them.
Ā· 2 Chronicles 34:4 NLT
He saw to it that the altars for the images of Baal and their incense altars were torn down. He also made sure that the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images were smashed and scattered over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them .
Ā· Psalm 106:28 NLT
Then our ancestors joined in the worship of Baal at Peor; they even ate sacrifices offered to the dead!
Ā· Song of Solomon 8:11 NLT
"Solomon has a vineyard at Baal-hamon, which he rents to some farmers there. Each of them pays one thousand pieces of silver for its use.
Ā· Jeremiah 2:8 NLT
The priests did not ask, āWhere is the LORD?ā The judges ignored me, the rulers turned against me, and the prophets spoke in the name of Baal, wasting their time on nonsense.
Ā· Jeremiah 2:23 NLT
"You say, 'Thatās not true! We havenāt worshiped the images of Baal!ā But how can you say that? Go and look in any valley in the land! Face the awful sins you have done. You are like a restless female camel, desperate for a male!
Ā· Jeremiah 7:9 NLT
Do you really think you can steal, murder, commit adultery, lie, and worship Baal and all those other new gods of yours,
Ā· Jeremiah 9:14 NLT
Instead, they have stubbornly followed their own desires and worshiped the images of Baal, as their ancestors taught them.
Ā· Jeremiah 11:13 NLT
Look now, people of Judah, you have as many gods as there are cities and towns . Your altars of shame ā altars for burning incense to your god Baal ā are along every street in Jerusalem.
Ā· Jeremiah 11:17 NLT
I, the LORD Almighty, who planted this olive tree, have ordered it destroyed. For the people of Israel and Judah have done evil, provoking my anger by offering incense to Baal."
Ā· Jeremiah 12:16 NLT
And if these nations quickly learn the ways of my people, and if they learn to swear by my name, saying, āAs surely as the LORD livesā (just as they taught my people to swear by the name of Baal), then they will be given a place among my people.
Ā· Jeremiah 19:5 NLT
They have built pagan shrines to Baal, and there they burn their sons as sacrifices to Baal. I have never commanded such a horrible deed; it never even crossed my mind to command such a thing!
Ā· Jeremiah 23:13 NLT
"I saw that the prophets of Samaria were terribly evil, for they prophesied by Baal and led my people of Israel into sin.
Ā· Jeremiah 23:27 NLT
By telling these false dreams, they are trying to get my people to forget me, just as their ancestors did by worshiping the idols of Baal.
Ā· Jeremiah 32:29 NLT
The Babylonians outside the walls will come in and set fire to the city. They will burn down all these houses, where the people caused my fury to rise by offering incense to Baal on the rooftops and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods.
Ā· Jeremiah 32:35 NLT
They have built pagan shrines to Baal in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and there they sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molech. I have never commanded such a horrible deed; it never even crossed my mind to command such a thing. What an incredible evil, causing Judah to sin so greatly!
Ā· Ezekiel 25:9 NLT
I will open up their eastern flank and wipe out their glorious frontier cities ā Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim.
Ā· Hosea 2:8 NLT
She doesnāt realize that it was I who gave her everything she has ā the grain, the wine, the olive oil. Even the gold and silver she used in worshiping the god Baal were gifts from me!
Ā· Hosea 2:13 NLT
I will punish her for all the times she deserted me, when she burned incense to her images of Baal, put on her earrings and jewels, and went out looking for her lovers," says the LORD.
Ā· Hosea 2:17 NLT
O Israel, I will cause you to forget your images of Baal; even their names will no longer be spoken.
Ā· Hosea 9:10 NLT
The LORD says, "O Israel, when I first found you, it was like finding fresh grapes in the desert! When I saw your ancestors, it was like seeing the first ripe figs of the season! But then they deserted me for Baal-peor, giving themselves to that shameful idol. Soon they became as vile as the god they worshiped.
Ā· Hosea 11:2 NLT
But the more I called to him, the more he rebelled, offering sacrifices to the images of Baal and burning incense to idols.
Ā· Hosea 13:1 NLT
In the past when the tribe of Ephraim spoke, the people shook with fear because the other Israelite tribes looked up to them. But the people of Ephraim sinned by worshiping Baal and thus sealed their destruction .
Ā· Zephaniah 1:4 NLT
"I will crush Judah and Jerusalem with my fist and destroy every last trace of their Baal worship . I will put an end to all the idolatrous priests, so that even the memory of them will disappear.
Ā· Romans 11:4 NLT
And do you remember Godās reply? He said, "You are not the only one left. I have seven thousand others who have never bowed down to Baal!"
Ā· 2 Peter 2:15 NLT
They have wandered off the right road and followed the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved to earn money by doing wrong.
Ā· 2 Peter 2:16 NLT
But Balaam was stopped from his mad course when his donkey rebuked him with a human voice.
Ā· Jude 1:11 NLT
How terrible it will be for them! For they follow the evil example of Cain, who killed his brother. Like Balaam, they will do anything for money . And like Korah, they will perish because of their rebellion.
Ā· Revelation 2:14 NLT
And yet I have a few complaints against you. You tolerate some among you who are like Balaam, who showed Balak how to trip up the people of Israel. He taught them to worship idols by eating food offered to idols and by committing sexual sin.
Nu 25: 1-9
Re 2:14 - ( these people where idol worshippers .)
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.
1Co 10:8 - Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. ( these people where idol worshippers .)
God designed sexuality and said it was very good. What is bad is using your body sexuality to worship other gods and having sex with women who are worshipping idols and other deitiesā¦ This make God very angry.
Compare, 1 Cor 10:8 to Numbers 25:1-9 This is what Paul was refering to.
1 Cor. 10:8Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand .
Numbers 25:9And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand
25:1And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
25:2And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods : and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
25: 3And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel. ā¦
25:9And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand .
Re 2:20 - Context ( these people where idol worshippers .)
Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols .
