MANNAFEST

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

KJV

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4 additional translations
ASV

And Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab:

WEB

While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,

YLT

And Israel dwelleth in Shittim, and the people begin to go a-whoring unto daughters of Moab,

DBT

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

About this book

Old Testament

NumbersIsrael on the move — and Israel on the ground in rebellion. Two censuses bracket thirty-eight wilderness years; God's faithfulness holds where the people's does not.

Author
Moses — the wilderness narrator; ‘Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys’ (33:2)
Date
The wilderness years, c. 15th–13th century BC

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