Numbers 25:4

And Hashem said unto Moshe, Take Kol Rashei HaAm, and kill them, hanging them + 25:4 on a tree, stake before Hashem against the shemesh, that the fierce Af Hashem (Anger of Hashem ) may be turned away from Yisroel.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.

In Context

3And Yisroel joined himself unto Ba'al-Pe'or; + 25:3 See Num 23:28 and the Af Hashem was kindled against Yisroel.

5And Moshe said unto the shofetim of Yisroel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Ba'al-Pe'or.

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Cross References

Exodus 18:25And Moshe chose anshei chayil out of kol Yisroel, and made them rashim over HaAm, over thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.

Numbers 25:14Now the shem of the ish Yisroel that was slain, even that was slain with the woman from Midyan, was Zimri ben Salu, a nasi of one of the beit avot from the tribe of Shim'on.

Deuteronomy 4:3Your eyes have seen what Hashem did because of Ba'al-Pe'or; for all the men that followed Ba'al-Pe'or, Hashem Eloheicha hath destroyed them from among you.

Deuteronomy 13:7If achicha (thy brother), the ben of thy em, or thy ben, or thy bat, or the eshet kheyk of thee (wife of thy bosom), or thy friend, which is as thine own nefesh, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve elohim acherim, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy avot;

Deuteronomy 13:13If thou shalt hear say in one of thy towns, which Hashem Eloheicha hath given thee to dwell there, saying,

Deuteronomy 13:17And thou shalt gather all the plunder of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with eish the town, and all the plunder thereof completely for Hashem Eloheicha; and it shall be a tel olam (heap forever); it shall not be built again.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 25:2-6

The Sin of Israel. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab. 2 And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. 3 And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel. 4 And the Lord said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the Lord against the sun, that the fierce anger of the Lord may be turned away… Read the whole commentary →

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