Numbers 25:1

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


Commentary on this verse  

By Henry MacLagan

Verse 1. But the man of the Spiritual Church, before being made perfect, claims merit to himself for his good deeds, and consequently is influenced by the falsity derived from the evil of adulterated good, and falsifies the truth.