Deuteronomy 4:3

3 You yourselves saw what the Lord did at Mount Peor. He destroyed everyone who worshiped Baal there, ¹

Deuteronomy 4:3 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 4:3

Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baalpeor,
&c.] 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. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan are,

``what the Word of the Lord has done to the worshippers of the idol Peor;''

for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the Lord thy God hath
destroyed them from among you;
24,000 persons died on that account; which being a recent thing, fresh in memory, and what they were eyewitnesses of, was a caution to them to avoid the same sins, as it is to us on whom the ends of the world are come, ( Numbers 23:9 ) ( 1 Corinthians 10:6-8 1 Corinthians 10:11 ) .

Deuteronomy 4:3 In-Context

1 Then Moses said to the people, "Obey all the laws that I am teaching you, and you will live and occupy the land which the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.

2 Do not add anything to what I command you, and do not take anything away. Obey the commands of the Lord your God that I have given you.

3 You yourselves saw what the Lord did at Mount Peor. He destroyed everyone who worshiped Baal there,

4 but those of you who were faithful to the Lord your God are still alive today.

5 "I have taught you all the laws, as the Lord my God told me to do. Obey them in the land that you are about to invade and occupy.

Cross References

• 1. 4.3Numbers 25.1-9.