Numbers 25:5

New English Translation

So Moses said to the judges of Israel, “Each of you must execute those of his men who were joined to Baal-peor.”

Cross References

1 Kings 18:40

Elijah told them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Don’t let even one of them escape!” So they seized them, and Elijah led them down to the Kishon Valley and executed them there.

Exodus 18:21

But you choose from the people capable men, God-fearing, men of truth, those who hate bribes, and put them over the people as rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

Exodus 22:20

“Whoever sacrifices to a god other than the Lord alone must be utterly destroyed.

Numbers 25:3

When Israel joined themselves to Baal-peor, the anger of the Lord flared up against Israel.

Deuteronomy 13:13

some evil people have departed from among you to entice the inhabitants of their cities, saying, “Let’s go and serve other gods” (whom you have not known before).

Deuteronomy 13:15

you must by all means slaughter the inhabitants of that city with the sword; annihilate with the sword everyone in it, as well as the livestock.

Deuteronomy 13:6

Suppose your own full brother, your son, your daughter, your beloved wife, or your closest friend should seduce you secretly and encourage you to go and serve other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have previously known,

Deuteronomy 13:9

Instead, you must kill him without fail! Your own hand must be the first to strike him, and then the hands of the whole community.

Joshua 22:17

The sin we committed at Peor was bad enough. To this very day we have not purified ourselves; it even brought a plague on the community of the Lord.