Deuteronomy 4:3
in Deuteronomy 4Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Your eyes have seen what Jehovah did because of Baal-peor; for all the men that followed Baal-peor, Jehovah thy God hath destroyed them from the midst of thee.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 4
Commentary
2 notes on this verseYour eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baalpeor,.... Because of the idolatry the people of Israel fell into by worshipping that idol, being drawn into it by the daughters of Moab and Midian, through the counsel of Balaam, with whom they committed fornication; which led them to the other sin, and both highly provoking to God.
This site's exposition
Your eyes have seen what the LORD did
on Deuteronomy 4:3-4
Moses chooses the most recent judgment, Baal of Peor in Numbers 25, so the evidence is the people's own memory. Those who "held fast to the LORD your God" are the survivors, "alive to this day, every one of you."
The words behind it
20 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עֵֽינֵיכֶם֙ | ʾeineikhem | own eyes your | H5869 → | 887 times |
| הָֽרֹאֹ֔ת | haroot | [are] the [ones which] saw | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| אֵ֛ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | [that] which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשָׂ֥ה | ʾasah | he did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בְּבַ֣עַל | bevaal | at Baal | H1187 → | 12 times |
| פְּע֑וֹר | peor | Peor | H1187 → | 12 times |
| כִּ֣י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| כָל־ | khol- | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָאִ֗ישׁ | haish | <the> person | H376 → | 1663 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הָלַךְ֙ | halakh | he walked | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| אַחֲרֵ֣י | ʾacharei | after | H310 → | 715 times |
| בַֽעַל־ | vaal- | Baal | H1187 → | 12 times |
| פְּע֔וֹר | peor | Peor | H1187 → | 12 times |
| הִשְׁמִיד֛וֹ | hishmido | he destroyed him | H8045 → | 90 times |
| יְהוָ֥ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ | ʾeloheikha | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| מִקִּרְבֶּֽךָ׃ | mikirbecha | from midst your | H7130 → | 227 times |
עֵֽינֵיכֶם֙own eyes your
ʾeineikhemH5869 →887 times
הָֽרֹאֹ֔ת[are] the [ones which] saw
harootH7200 →1300 times
אֵ֛ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
אֲשֶׁר־[that] which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
עָשָׂ֥הhe did
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
בְּבַ֣עַלat Baal
bevaalH1187 →12 times
פְּע֑וֹרPeor
peorH1187 →12 times
כִּ֣יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
כָל־every
khol-H3605 →5413 times
הָאִ֗ישׁ<the> person
haishH376 →1663 times
אֲשֶׁ֤רwho
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
הָלַךְ֙he walked
halakhH1980 →1546 times
אַחֲרֵ֣יafter
ʾachareiH310 →715 times
בַֽעַל־Baal
vaal-H1187 →12 times
פְּע֔וֹרPeor
peorH1187 →12 times
הִשְׁמִיד֛וֹhe destroyed him
hishmidoH8045 →90 times
יְהוָ֥הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָGod your
ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 times
מִקִּרְבֶּֽךָ׃from midst your
mikirbechaH7130 →227 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Numbers 31:16“Look, these women caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to turn unfaithfully against the LORD at Peor, so that the plague struck the congregation of the LORD.
it leads to
- Numbers 25:1–9
While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,
- 2 Peter 2:15
They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.
- Revelation 2:14
But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food…
- Joshua 22:17
Was not the sin of Peor enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day? It even brought a plague upon the congregation of the LORD.
- Numbers 24:14
Now I am going back to my people, but come, let me warn you what this people will do to your people in the days to come.”
- Numbers 25:1–9
Through
Joshua 22:17Was not the sin of Peor enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day? It even brought a plague upon the congregation of the LORD.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 4:3–4
Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 106:28–29
They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.
- Deuteronomy 4:3–4
Through
Numbers 26:64Among all these, however, there was not one who had been numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they counted the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 2:14–15
The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had…
- Deuteronomy 2:14–15
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.
