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away from Israel.” <a href="/bsb/numbers/25.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that His fierce anger may turn away from Israel.” <a href="/kjv/numbers/25.htm">King James Bible</a> And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel. <a href="/nkjv/numbers/25.htm">New King James Version</a> Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and hang the offenders before the LORD, out in the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may turn away from Israel.” <a href="/nasb_/numbers/25.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that the fierce anger of the LORD may turn away from Israel.” <a href="/nasb/numbers/25.htm">NASB 1995</a> The LORD said to Moses, &#8220Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that the fierce anger of the LORD may turn away from Israel.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/numbers/25.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that the fierce anger of the LORD may turn away from Israel.” <a href="/lsb/numbers/25.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And Yahweh said to Moses, “Take all who are the heads of the people and execute them in broad daylight before Yahweh, so that the burning anger of Yahweh may turn away from Israel.” <a href="/amp/numbers/25.htm">Amplified Bible</a> The LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people [who have committed sin with the Moabites], and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that the fierce anger of the LORD may turn away from Israel.” <a href="/csb/numbers/25.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> The LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD so that his burning anger may turn away from Israel.” <a href="/hcsb/numbers/25.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> The LORD said to Moses, &#8220Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD so that His burning anger may turn away from Israel.&#8221 <a href="/asv/numbers/25.htm">American Standard Version</a> And Jehovah said unto Moses, Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up unto Jehovah before the sun, that the fierce anger of Jehovah may turn away from Israel. <a href="/cev/numbers/25.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> So he said to Moses, "Take the Israelite leaders who are responsible for this and have them killed in front of my sacred tent where everyone can see. Maybe then I will stop being angry with the Israelites." <a href="/erv/numbers/25.htm">English Revised Version</a> And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up unto the LORD before the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may turn away from Israel. <a href="/gwt/numbers/25.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The LORD said to Moses, "Take all the leaders of the people, and execute them in broad daylight in the LORD's presence. This will turn the LORD's anger away from Israel." <a href="/gnt/numbers/25.htm">Good News Translation</a> 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." <a href="/isv/numbers/25.htm">International Standard Version</a> so the LORD told Moses, "Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight for the LORD, so the LORD's burning anger may be withdrawn from Israel." <a href="/msb/numbers/25.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Then the LORD said to Moses, ?Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that His fierce anger may turn away from Israel.? <a href="/net/numbers/25.htm">NET Bible</a> The LORD said to Moses, "Arrest all the leaders of the people, and hang them up before the LORD in broad daylight, so that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel." <a href="/nheb/numbers/25.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> The LORD said to Moses, "Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up to the LORD before the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may turn away from Israel." <a href="/wbt/numbers/25.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And the LORD said to Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel. <a href="/web/numbers/25.htm">World English Bible</a> Yahweh said to Moses, “Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up to Yahweh before the sun, that the fierce anger of Yahweh may turn away from Israel.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/numbers/25.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And YHWH says to Moses, “Take all the chiefs of the people and hang them before YHWH in sight of the sun; and the fierceness of the anger of YHWH turns back from Israel.” <a href="/ylt/numbers/25.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them before Jehovah -- over-against the sun; and the fierceness of the anger of Jehovah doth turn back from Israel.' <a href="/slt/numbers/25.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And Jehovah will say to Moses, Take all the heads of the people and hang them up to Jehovah before the sun, and the burning anger of Jehovah shall turn back from Israel.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/numbers/25.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Said to Moses: Take all the princes of the people, and hang them up on gibbets against the sun: that my fury may be turned away from Israel. <a href="/cpdv/numbers/25.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people, and hang them on gallows against the sun, so that my fury may be averted from Israel.” <a href="/nabre/numbers/25.htm">New American Bible</a> The LORD said to Moses: Gather all the leaders of the people, and publicly execute them before the LORD, that the blazing wrath of the LORD may turn away from Israel. <a href="/nrsvce/numbers/25.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> The LORD said to Moses, “Take all the chiefs of the people, and impale them in the sun before the LORD, in order that the fierce anger of the LORD may turn away from Israel.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/numbers/25.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And the LORD said to Moses, Take all the chiefs of the people and expose them before the LORD in the daylight that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from the children of Israel. <a href="/hpbt/numbers/25.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And LORD JEHOVAH said to Moshe: “Take all the Heads of the people and stretch them out before LORD JEHOVAH against the sun and turn back the heat of his wrath from the children of Israel.”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/numbers/25.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up unto the LORD in face of the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may turn away from Israel.' <a href="/sep/numbers/25.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And the Lord said to Moses, Take all the princes of the people, and make them examples of judgment for the Lord in the face of the sun, and the anger of the Lord shall be turned away from Israel. <a href="/parallel/numbers/25-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=7747" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/numbers/25.htm">Moab Seduces Israel</a> …3So Israel joined in worshiping Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD burned against them. 4<a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">Then the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">said</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">Moses,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: qaḥ (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">“Take</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/7218.htm" title="7218: rā·šê (N-mpc) -- Head. From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head, whether literal or figurative.">the leaders</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">of the people</a> <a href="/hebrew/3363.htm" title="3363: wə·hō·w·qa‘ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-Imp-ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to sever oneself, i.e. to be dislocated; figuratively, to abandon; causatively, to impale.">and execute</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·w·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/5048.htm" title="5048: ne·ḡeḏ (Prep) -- From nagad; a front, i.e. Part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually over against or before.">in</a> <a href="/hebrew/8121.htm" title="8121: haš·šā·meš (Art:: N-cs) -- From an unused root meaning to be brilliant; the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. A notched battlement.">broad daylight</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">before the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">so that His</a> <a href="/hebrew/2740.htm" title="2740: ḥă·rō·wn (N-msc) -- (burning of) anger. Or charon; from charah; a burning of anger.">fierce</a> <a href="/hebrew/639.htm" title="639: ’ap̄- (N-msc) -- A nostril, nose, face, anger. From 'anaph; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also ire.">anger</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: wə·yā·šōḇ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf.Jus-3ms) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">may turn away</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: mî·yiś·rā·’êl (Prep-m:: N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">from Israel.”</a> 5So Moses told the judges of Israel, “Each of you must kill all of his men who have joined in worshiping Baal of Peor.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/13-6.htm">Deuteronomy 13:6-11</a> If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known, / the gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, whether from one end of the earth or the other), / you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him. ... <a href="/deuteronomy/21-21.htm">Deuteronomy 21:21</a> Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid. <a href="/joshua/7-24.htm">Joshua 7:24-26</a> Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the cloak, the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his oxen and donkeys and sheep, his tent, and everything else he owned, and brought them to the Valley of Achor. / “Why have you brought this trouble upon us?” said Joshua. “Today the LORD will bring trouble upon you!” And all Israel stoned him to death. Then they stoned the others and burned their bodies. / And they heaped over Achan a large pile of rocks that remains to this day. So the LORD turned from His burning anger. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Achor to this day. <a href="/exodus/32-27.htm">Exodus 32:27-28</a> He told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each of you men is to fasten his sword to his side, go back and forth through the camp from gate to gate, and slay his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’” / The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people fell dead. <a href="/1_kings/18-40.htm">1 Kings 18:40</a> Then Elijah ordered them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there. <a href="/2_samuel/21-1.htm">2 Samuel 21:1-9</a> During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.” / At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.) / So David asked the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? How can I make amends so that you may bless the inheritance of the LORD?” ... <a href="/leviticus/20-2.htm">Leviticus 20:2-5</a> “Tell the Israelites, ‘Any Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death. The people of the land are to stone him. / And I will set My face against that man and cut him off from his people, because by giving his offspring to Molech, he has defiled My sanctuary and profaned My holy name. / And if the people of the land ever hide their eyes and fail to put to death the man who gives one of his children to Molech, ... <a href="/psalms/106-28.htm">Psalm 106:28-31</a> They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods. / So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them. / But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained. ... <a href="/1_corinthians/10-8.htm">1 Corinthians 10:8</a> We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died. <a href="/revelation/2-14.htm">Revelation 2:14</a> But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality. <a href="/1_corinthians/5-13.htm">1 Corinthians 5:13</a> God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.” <a href="/galatians/5-24.htm">Galatians 5:24</a> Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. <a href="/romans/8-13.htm">Romans 8:13</a> For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. <a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Colossians 3:5</a> Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry. <a href="/hebrews/10-28.htm">Hebrews 10:28-29</a> Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. / How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And the LORD said to Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.judges<a href="/exodus/18-21.htm">Exodus 18:21,25,26</a> Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: … slay ye<a href="/exodus/22-20.htm">Exodus 22:20</a> He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.<a href="/exodus/32-27.htm">Exodus 32:27,28</a> And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour… <a href="/deuteronomy/13-6.htm">Deuteronomy 13:6,9,13,15</a> If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/25-3.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/numbers/16-39.htm">Broad</a> <a href="/numbers/23-17.htm">Chiefs</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-13.htm">Daylight</a> <a href="/numbers/8-11.htm">Execute</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-11.htm">Expose</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-10.htm">Hang</a> <a href="/numbers/4-26.htm">Hanging</a> <a href="/numbers/13-3.htm">Heads</a> <a href="/numbers/24-19.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/numbers/22-29.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/numbers/23-17.htm">Leaders</a> <a href="/numbers/21-34.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/numbers/8-3.htm">Over-Against</a> <a href="/numbers/21-11.htm">Sun</a> <a href="/numbers/23-16.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/numbers/24-1.htm">Turned</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/25-11.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-16.htm">Broad</a> <a href="/numbers/27-2.htm">Chiefs</a> <a href="/judges/19-26.htm">Daylight</a> <a href="/numbers/31-2.htm">Execute</a> <a href="/job/20-27.htm">Expose</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/21-22.htm">Hang</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/21-22.htm">Hanging</a> <a href="/numbers/30-1.htm">Heads</a> <a href="/numbers/25-5.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/numbers/25-5.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/numbers/27-2.htm">Leaders</a> <a href="/numbers/25-6.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-29.htm">Over-Against</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-19.htm">Sun</a> <a href="/numbers/27-7.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/numbers/25-11.htm">Turned</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 25</div>1. <a href="/numbers/25-1.htm">Israel at Shittim commit unfaithfulness and idolatry</a> 6. <a href="/numbers/25-6.htm">Phinehas kills Zimri and Cozbi</a> 10. <a href="/numbers/25-10.htm">God therefore gives him an everlasting priesthood</a> 16. <a href="/numbers/25-16.htm">The Midianites are to be troubled</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It underscores Moses' role as a mediator between God and the Israelites. This communication reflects the covenant relationship where God provides guidance and commands to His chosen people through Moses.Take all the leaders of the people The leaders mentioned here are likely those who were responsible for guiding the Israelites and maintaining order. Their involvement in the sin of idolatry and immorality with the Moabite women (as described earlier in the chapter) made them accountable. This highlights the biblical principle of leadership responsibility and the severe consequences of leading others into sin.and execute them in broad daylight The public nature of the execution serves as a deterrent and a means of communal purification. Public executions were not uncommon in ancient cultures as a way to maintain social order and demonstrate the seriousness of certain offenses. This act was meant to restore the community's holiness and adherence to God's laws.before the LORD This phrase emphasizes that the execution is not just a civil or communal act but a religious one, performed in the presence of God. It signifies that the sin was against God Himself, and the punishment is carried out under His authority. This reflects the theocratic nature of Israelite society, where religious and civil matters were intertwined.so that His fierce anger may turn away from Israel God's anger is depicted as a response to the covenant unfaithfulness of the Israelites. The execution of the leaders is a form of atonement, intended to appease God's wrath and restore His favor. This concept of turning away divine anger is echoed in other parts of Scripture, such as in the sacrificial system, which foreshadows the ultimate atonement through Jesus Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant God of Israel, who is holy and just, and who demands faithfulness from His people. 2. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The leader of the Israelites, chosen by God to guide His people out of Egypt and through the wilderness. He is the mediator between God and Israel. 3. <a href="/topical/i/israelite_leaders.htm">Israelite Leaders</a> The heads of the tribes who were responsible for the spiritual and moral conduct of the people. Their failure to prevent idolatry and immorality led to severe consequences. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a> The chosen people of God, who were in a covenant relationship with Him but often fell into sin and idolatry. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_event_of_idolatry_and_immorality.htm">The Event of Idolatry and Immorality</a> The Israelites engaged in idolatry and immorality with the Moabite women, which provoked God's anger.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_sin.htm">The Seriousness of Sin</a> Sin, especially idolatry and immorality, is taken very seriously by God. It disrupts the covenant relationship and invites His judgment. <a href="/topical/l/leadership_accountability.htm">Leadership Accountability</a> Leaders are held to a high standard and are accountable for the spiritual well-being of those they lead. Their failure can have dire consequences. <a href="/topical/g/god's_righteous_anger.htm">God's Righteous Anger</a> God's anger is not arbitrary but is a response to covenant unfaithfulness. His desire is for repentance and restoration. <a href="/topical/t/the_need_for_repentance.htm">The Need for Repentance</a> Turning away from sin and returning to God is essential to restore the relationship and avert His judgment. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_intercession.htm">The Role of Intercession</a> Moses' role as an intercessor highlights the importance of prayer and mediation in seeking God's mercy.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_25.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 25</a> <a href="/q/why_would_god_command_execution_without_trial.htm">Numbers 25:4–5: Why would a just and loving God command the public execution of Israel’s leaders without due process? </a> <a href="/q/what's_the_main_theme_of_numbers.htm">What is the main theme of the Book of Numbers?</a> <a href="/q/who_inherits_if_no_sons.htm">Who inherits if a man dies without sons?</a> <a href="/q/bible's_view_on_inheritance.htm">What does the Bible say about inheritance?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/25.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) Take all the heads of the people.--The "heads" or "chiefs" of the people seem to be identical with the "judges" of the following verse. Some understand by "all the heads" those only who had been the chief offenders, whilst others understand the word "take" as equivalent to "assemble," or "bring before thee," and refer the word "them" to the offenders.Hang them up . . . --It is obvious from <a href="/numbers/25-5.htm" title="And Moses said to the judges of Israel, Slay you every one his men that were joined to Baalpeor.">Numbers 25:5</a> that the punishment of impaling or crucifying was not to be inflicted until after death. The LXX. renders the Hebrew verb which is here used (and which is found also in <a href="/2_samuel/21-6.htm" title="Let seven men of his sons be delivered to us, and we will hang them up to the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give them.">2Samuel 21:6</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/21-9.htm" title="And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.">2Samuel 21:9</a>) by the same word which occurs in <a href="/hebrews/6-6.htm" title="If they shall fall away, to renew them again to repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.">Hebrews 6:6</a>, and is there translated "to put to an open shame."<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/25.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 4. - The Lord said unto Moses. It seems strange that so fearful an apostasy had gone so far without interference on the part of Moses. He may have been absent from the camp on account of the wars with the Amorite kings; or he may have trusted to the chiefs to see that due order and discipline was maintained in the camps. Take all the heads of the people, i.e., the chiefs, who ought to have prevented, and might have prevented, this monstrous irregularity, but who seem, if we may judge from the case of Zimri, to have countenanced it. The mere neglect of duty in so gross a case was reason enough for summary execution. Hang them up before the Lord. Either by way of impalement or by way of crucifixion, both of which were familiar modes of punishment. In this case the guilty persons were probably slain first, and exposed afterwards. The hanging up was not ordered on account of its cruelty, nor merely for the sake of publicity ("against the sun ), but in order to show that the victims were devoted to the wrath of God against sin (cf. <a href="/deuteronomy/21-23.htm">Deuteronomy 21:23</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/21-2.htm">2 Samuel 21:2-6</a>). The Septuagint has here παραδειγμάτισον αὐτούς. Cf. <a href="/hebrews/6-6.htm">Hebrews 6:6</a>, where this word is coupled with "crucify." Them is no authority for referring the "them" (אותָם) to the guilty persons instead of to the heads of the people, as is done by the Targums and by many commentators. <a href="/commentaries/numbers/25-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Then the LORD יְהוָ֜ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel said וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to Moses, מֹשֶׁ֗ה (mō·šeh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver “Take קַ֚ח (qaḥ) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> To take all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the leaders רָאשֵׁ֣י (rā·šê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7218.htm">Strong's 7218: </a> The head of the people הָעָ֔ם (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock and execute וְהוֹקַ֥ע (wə·hō·w·qa‘) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3363.htm">Strong's 3363: </a> To sever oneself, to be dislocated, to abandon, to impale them in נֶ֣גֶד (ne·ḡeḏ) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5048.htm">Strong's 5048: </a> A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before broad daylight הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ (haš·šā·meš) Article | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8121.htm">Strong's 8121: </a> The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement before the LORD, לַיהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel so that His יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel fierce חֲר֥וֹן (ḥă·rō·wn) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2740.htm">Strong's 2740: </a> A burning of anger anger אַף־ (’ap̄-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_639.htm">Strong's 639: </a> The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire may turn away וְיָשֹׁ֛ב (wə·yā·šōḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> To turn back, in, to retreat, again from Israel.” מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (mî·yiś·rā·’êl) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/25-4.htm">Numbers 25:4 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/numbers/25-4.htm">Numbers 25:4 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/numbers/25-4.htm">Numbers 25:4 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/numbers/25-4.htm">Numbers 25:4 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/numbers/25-4.htm">Numbers 25:4 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/25-4.htm">Numbers 25:4 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/25-4.htm">Numbers 25:4 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/25-4.htm">Numbers 25:4 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/25-4.htm">Numbers 25:4 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/numbers/25-4.htm">Numbers 25:4 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/numbers/25-4.htm">OT Law: Numbers 25:4 Yahweh said to Moses Take all (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/25-3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 25:3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 25:3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/25-5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 25:5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 25:5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>