Numbers 25:5
And Moses said unto the judges of Israel,—Slay ye each one his men, who have let themselves he bound unto Baal-peor.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal-peor.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 18:25and Moses chose men of ability out of all Israel, and set them to be heads over the people,—rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
Exodus 32:27And he said to them—Thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel, Put ye every man his sword upon his thigh,—pass through and return from gate to gate in the camp, and slay ye every man his brother and every man his friend and every man his neighbour.
Deuteronomy 13:9but thou shalt slay, him, thine own hand, shall be on him first, to put him to death,—and the hand of all the people afterwards.
Deuteronomy 13:15then shalt thou smite, the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, devoting it to destruction, and all that is therein and the cattle thereof: with the edge of the sword,—
Joshua 22:17Too little for us, was the iniquity of Peor, from which we have not cleansed ourselves, unto this day,—although the plague came upon the assembly of Yahweh;
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 →