Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal, y’all! Don’t let one of them escape!” They seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon and slaughtered them there.
Numbers 25:5 - Y'all Version Bible Moses said to the judges of Israel, “Each of y’all must kill the men who have joined themselves to Baal 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, y’all! Don’t let one of them escape!” They seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon and slaughtered them there.
Moreover you should select from all the people able men who fear God, men of truth who hate unjust gain. Appoint them as rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
“Whoever sacrifices to any god, except to YHWH alone, must be utterly destroyed.
Israel joined himself to Baal Peor, and YHWH’s anger burned against Israel.
certain wicked fellows have gone out from among you and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, “Let’s go and serve other gods,” which y’all have not known,
you must strike-strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, with all that is therein and its livestock, with the edge of the sword.
If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, “Let’s go and serve other gods”—which you have not known, you, nor your ancestors;
Instead, you must execute-execute him. Your hand is to be first on him to put him to death, and afterwards the hands of all the people.
Was the sin of Peor too little for us? To this day we have not cleansed ourselves from it although there came a plague on the congregation of YHWH.