Numbers 25:4

Good News Translation

and said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of Israel and, in obedience to me, execute them in broad daylight, and then I will no longer be angry with the people.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:6

So hand over seven of his male descendants, and we will hang them before the Lord at Gibeah, the hometown of Saul, the Lord's chosen king.” “I will hand them over,” the king answered.

2 Samuel 21:9

David handed them over to the people of Gibeon, who hanged them on the mountain before the Lord—and all seven of them died together. It was late in the spring, at the beginning of the barley harvest, when they were put to death.

Psalm 106:29

They stirred up the Lord's anger by their actions, and a terrible disease broke out among them.

Exodus 18:25

and chose capable men from among all the Israelites. He appointed them as leaders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.

Jonah 3:9

Perhaps God will change his mind; perhaps he will stop being angry, and we will not die!”

Numbers 25:11

“Because of what Phinehas has done, I am no longer angry with the people of Israel. He refused to tolerate the worship of any god but me, and that is why I did not destroy them in my anger.

Numbers 25:18

because of the evil they did to you when they deceived you at Peor, and because of Cozbi, who was killed at the time of the epidemic at Peor.”

Deuteronomy 13:11

Then all the people of Israel will hear what happened; they will be afraid, and no one will ever again do such an evil thing.

Deuteronomy 13:13

that some worthless people of your nation have misled the people of their town to worship gods that you have never worshiped before.

Deuteronomy 13:15

then kill all the people in that town and all their livestock too. Destroy that town completely.

Deuteronomy 13:17

Do not keep for yourselves anything that was condemned to destruction, and then the Lord will turn from his fierce anger and show you mercy. He will be merciful to you and make you a numerous people, as he promised your ancestors,

Deuteronomy 21:22

“If someone has been put to death for a crime and the body is hung on a post,

Deuteronomy 21:23

it is not to remain there overnight. It must be buried the same day, because a dead body hanging on a post brings God's curse on the land. Bury the body, so that you will not defile the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 4:3

You yourselves saw what the Lord did at Mount Peor. He destroyed everyone who worshiped Baal there,

Joshua 22:17

Remember our sin at Peor, when the Lord punished his own people with an epidemic? We are still suffering because of that. Wasn't that sin enough?

Joshua 23:2

so he called all Israel, the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of the people, and said, “I am very old now.