Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal; do not let one of them escape.” Then they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the Wadi Kishon, and killed them there.
Numbers 25:5 - New Revised Standard Version And Moses said to the judges of Israel, “Each of you shall kill any of your people who have yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor.” 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. |
Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal; do not let one of them escape.” Then they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the Wadi Kishon, and killed them there.
You should also look for able men among all the people, men who fear God, are trustworthy, and hate dishonest gain; set such men over them as officers over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.
Whoever sacrifices to any god, other than the Lord alone, shall be devoted to destruction.
Thus Israel yoked itself to the Baal of Peor, and the Lord's anger was kindled against Israel.
that scoundrels from among you have gone out and led the inhabitants of the town astray, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods,” whom you have not known,
you shall put the inhabitants of that town to the sword, utterly destroying it and everything in it—even putting its livestock to the sword.
If anyone secretly entices you—even if it is your brother, your father's son or your mother's son, or your own son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your most intimate friend—saying, “Let us go worship other gods,” whom neither you nor your ancestors have known,
But you shall surely kill them; your own hand shall be first against them to execute them, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
Have we not had enough of the sin at Peor from which even yet we have not cleansed ourselves, and for which a plague came upon the congregation of the Lord,