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But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication. |
“But I have a few things against you, because you have there those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality. |
‘But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling-block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit acts of immorality. |
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Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: You have people there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin by eating food sacrificed to idols and by committing sexual immorality. |
Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: you have some people there who are clinging to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to set a trap and a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, [to entice them] to eat food that had been sacrificed to idols and to practice lewdness [giving themselves up to sexual vice]. |
But I have a few things against you, because you have in that place men holding the teaching of Balaam who taught Balak to place an enticement to sin before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit fornication. |
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Yet I have a few things against you - some of your number cling to the teaching of Balaam, the man who taught Balak how to entice the children of Israel into eating meat sacrificed to idols and into sexual immorality. |
Yet I hold it somewhat against you that you have among you some who are clinging to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to set a trap for the children of Israel, to entice them to eat meat that had been sacrificed to idols and to commit immoral practices. |
But 235 I have 2192 a few things 3641 against 2596 thee, 4675 because 3754 thou hast 2192 there 1563 them that hold 2902 the 3588 doctrine 1322 of Balaam, 903 who 3739 taught 1321 Balac 904 to cast 906 a stumblingblock 4625 before 1799 the 3588 children 5207 of Israel, 2474 to eat 5315 things sacrificed unto idols, 1494 and 2532 to commit fornication. 4203 |
- No cross references or parallel passage have been cited for this verse.
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