Numbers 25:2

NETBible

These women invited 1  the people to the sacrifices of their gods; then the people ate and bowed down to their gods. 2 

NIV ©

who invited them to the sacrifices to their gods. The people ate and bowed down before these gods.

NASB ©

For they invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.

NLT ©

These women invited them to attend sacrifices to their gods, and soon the Israelites were feasting with them and worshiping the gods of Moab.

MSG ©

It started when the women invited the men to their sex-and-religion worship. They ate together and then worshiped their gods.

BBE ©

For they sent for the people to be present at the offerings made to their gods; and the people took part in their feasts and gave honour to their gods.

NRSV ©

These invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.

NKJV ©

They invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.

KJV
And they called
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the people
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unto the sacrifices
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of their gods
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and the people
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did eat
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and bowed down
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to their gods
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NASB ©
For they invited
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the people
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to the sacrifices
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of their gods
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, and the people
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ate
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and bowed
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down
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to their gods
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.
LXXM
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CONJ
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D-APM
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PREP
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T-DPF
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N-DPF
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T-GPN
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D-GPM
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CONJ
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V-AAI-3S
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T-NSM
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N-NSM
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T-GPF
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D-GPM
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CONJ
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NET [draft] ITL
These women invited
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the people
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to the sacrifices
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of their gods
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; then the people
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ate
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and bowed down
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to their gods
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.
HEBREW
Nhyhlal
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Meh
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lkayw
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Nhyhla
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yxbzl
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Mel
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Narqtw (25:2)
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NETBible

These women invited 1  the people to the sacrifices of their gods; then the people ate and bowed down to their gods. 2 

NET Notes

1 tn The verb simply says “they called,” but it is a feminine plural. And so the women who engaged in immoral acts with Hebrew men invited them to their temple ritual.

2 sn What Israel experienced here was some of the debased ritual practices of the Canaanite people. The act of prostrating themselves before the pagan deities was probably participation in a fertility ritual, nothing short of cultic prostitution. This was a blatant disregard of the covenant and the Law. If something were not done, the nation would have destroyed itself.