Deuteronomy 4:3
Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal–peor: for all the men that followed Baal–peor, the Lord thy God hath destroyed them from among you.
Cross-reference
Deuteronomy 3:29 locates Israel 'opposite Beth Peor,' the same place where the Baal-peor incident occurred, setting the geographic context.
Numbers 25:1-9 recounts the Baal-peor incident — the event Moses references here to warn against idolatry.
Numbers 31:16 reveals that Balaam advised the Moabites to lead Israel into sin at Peor — explaining the cause behind the plague referenced here.
Joshua 22:17 recalls the sin at Peor and the plague as a warning against repeating that unfaithfulness — reinforcing the lesson from here.
Psalm 106:28 describes Israel's idolatry at Baal-peor, eating sacrifices to dead idols — echoing the sin that brought God's judgment here.
Psalm 106:29 states that their deeds provoked the Lord and brought a plague — directly matching the destruction mentioned here.
Hosea 9:10 uses Baal-peor as a symbol of Israel's early corruption — showing how they became detestable by worshiping the shameful idol.
Numbers 25:3 records the original sin at Baal-peor—Israel yoked to Baal—which Deuteronomy 4:3 references as a past example of judgment.
Numbers 25:4 adds God's command to execute the leaders to turn away His anger, detailing the judgment mentioned in Deuteronomy 4:3.
Numbers 25:9 gives the toll: 24,000 died in the plague, specifying the destruction referenced in Deuteronomy 4:3.
Ezekiel 20:18 warns Israel's children not to follow their fathers' idols—echoing the lesson from Baal-peor about avoiding idolatry.