And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.

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who invited them to the sacrifices(A) to their gods.(B) The people ate the sacrificial meal and bowed down before these gods.

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16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord.

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16 “They were the ones who followed Balaam’s advice(A) and enticed the Israelites to be unfaithful to the Lord in the Peor incident,(B) so that a plague(C) struck the Lord’s people.

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