Numbers 25:1

And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

Cross-references

Numbers 31:16 Historical context

Numbers 31:16 continues the explanation that these women caused Israel's trespass at Peor, directly referencing the same event and its plague.

Numbers 33:49 Historical context

Numbers 33:49 gives the full name Abel-shittim for the location called Shittim in 25:1, linking the two passages geographically.

Micah 6:5 Allusion

Micah 6:5 recalls the journey from Acacia Grove to Gilgal, directly referencing the setting of the Baal-Peor incident as a reminder of God's faithfulness.

1 Corinthians 10:8 explicitly cites the sexual immorality at Baal-Peor as a warning, using the same incident from Numbers 25.

Exodus 34:16 warns against intermarriage leading to harlotry with foreign gods—exactly what happened with Moabite women in Numbers 25.

Deuteronomy 4:3 directly recalls the Baal-peor incident, the same event of Israel's sin with Moabite women leading to judgment.

1 Kings 11:2 warns against intermarriage with Moabites, as Solomon's foreign wives turned his heart – same danger as here.

Ezra 9:1 Allusion

Ezra 9:1 lists Moabites among peoples Israel intermarried with, directly echoing the sin of Numbers 25:1 that brought plague.

Psalm 106:28 explicitly mentions 'Baal of Peor' and sacrifices – a direct poetic reference to the same event.

Jeremiah 5:7 uses 'adultery' and 'trooping to whores' to link idolatry and sexual immorality, just as in the Moab incident.

Revelation 2:14 directly cites Balaam's teaching that led to these very sins—sexual immorality and idolatry at Peor.

Ezekiel 16:15 portrays spiritual unfaithfulness as playing the whore, mirroring Israel's literal harlotry with Moabite women.