Numbers 25:5

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And Moses said to the judges of Israel, "Let each one kill his neighbors, who have been initiated into Baal of Peor."

Cross References

1 Kings 18:40

And Elijah said to them, "Apprehend the prophets of Baal, and do not let even one of them escape." And when they had apprehended them, Elijah led them down to the torrent Kishon, and he put them to death there.

Exodus 18:21

Then provide, from all of the people, men capable and fearing God, in whom there is truth and who hate avarice, and appoint from them tribunes, and leaders of hundreds, and of fifties, and of tens,

Exodus 22:20

Whoever immolates to gods, other than to the Lord, shall be killed.

Numbers 25:3

And Israel was initiated into Baal of Peor. And so the Lord, being angry,

Deuteronomy 13:13

'The sons of Belial have departed from your midst, and they have persuaded the inhabitants of their city, and they have said: "Let us go, and serve strange gods," ' which you have not known:

Deuteronomy 13:15

you shall promptly strike down the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword. And you shall destroy it, along with all the things that are in it, even the flocks.

Deuteronomy 13:6

If your brother, the son of your mother, or your own son or daughter, or your wife who is in your bosom, or your friend, whom you love like your own soul, were willing to persuade you secretly, saying: 'Let us go, and serve foreign gods,' which neither you nor your fathers have known,

Deuteronomy 13:9

Instead, you shall put him to death promptly. Let your hand be upon him first, and after that, let the hands of all the people be sent forth.

Joshua 22:17

Is it a small thing to you that you have sinned with Baal of Peor, and that the stain of that crime continues among us, even to the present day? And many of the people have fallen.