Then Elijah said, “Get the prophets of Baal! Don’t let any of them escape!” So the people captured all the prophets. Then Elijah led them down to Kishon Creek and killed them all.
Numbers 25:5 - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version So Moses said to Israel’s judges, “Each of you must find the men in your tribe who have led people to worship the false god, Baal of Peor. Then you must kill these men.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal-peor. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Moses said to the judges of Israel, Each one of you slay his men who joined themselves to Baal of Peor. American Standard Version (1901) And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that have joined themselves unto Baal-peor. Common English Bible Then Moses said to Israel’s officials, “Each of you: kill your men who are attached to the Baal of Peor.” Catholic Public Domain Version And Moses said to the judges of Israel, "Let each one kill his neighbors, who have been initiated into Baal of Peor." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Moses said to the judges of Israel: Let every man kill his neighbours, that have been initiated to Beelphegor. |
Then Elijah said, “Get the prophets of Baal! Don’t let any of them escape!” So the people captured all the prophets. Then Elijah led them down to Kishon Creek and killed them all.
But you should also choose some of the people to be judges and leaders. “Choose good men you can trust—men who respect God. Choose men who will not change their decisions for money. Make these men rulers over the people. There should be rulers over 1000 people, 100 people, 50 people, and even over ten people.
“Whoever makes a sacrifice to a false god should be destroyed. The Lord is the only one you should make sacrifices to.
some troublemakers from your own nation are persuading the people of their city to do bad things. They might say to the people of their city, ‘Let’s go and serve other gods.’ (These gods would be gods that you never knew before.)
then you must kill all the people of that city and their animals too. You must destroy that city completely.
“Someone close to you might secretly persuade you to worship other gods. It might be your own brother, your son, your daughter, the wife you love, or your closest friend. They might say, ‘Let’s go and serve other gods.’ (These are gods that you and your ancestors never knew.
No, you must kill them with stones. You be the first one to pick up stones and throw at them. Then everyone must throw stones to kill them, because they tried to pull you away from the Lord your God. And it was the Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt, where you were slaves.
Remember what happened at Peor? Was the sin we committed there not bad enough? Because of that sin, the Lord punished his people with a terrible sickness. And we are still suffering from that sin.