Numbers 25:5

Numbers 25:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal–peor.
• New International Version (NIV)So Moses said to Israel’s judges, “Each of you must put to death those of your people who have yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Moses said to the judges of Israel, "Each of you kill those of his men who have yoked themselves to Baal of Peor."
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Moses said to the judges of Israel, “Every one of you kill his men who were joined to Baal of Peor.”

Context of Numbers 25:5

3So Israel joined themselves to Baal of Peor [in worship]. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel. 4The 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.” So Moses said to the judges of Israel, “Each one of you must kill his men who have joined themselves to Baal of Peor [in worship].” 6Then one of the Israelites came and presented to his relatives a Midianite woman, in the sight of Moses and the whole congregation of the Israelites, while they were weeping [over God’s judgment] at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle). 7When Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw this, he left the congregation and took a spear in his hand,

Numbers 25:5 word by word

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֶל־שֹׁפְטֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל הִרְגוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֲנָשָׁ֔יו הַנִּצְמָדִ֖ים לְבַ֥עַל פְּעֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto the judgesשָׁפַטshâphaţ · to judgeH8199
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• Slayהָרַגhârag · to killH2026
• ye everyאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• his menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• that were joinedצָמַדtsâmad · to joinH6775
• unto Baal–peorבַּ֫עַל פְּעוֹרba‛al pe‛ôr · Baal of PeorH1187

Cross-references for Numbers 25:5

• Numbers 25:14Now the name of the man of Israel who was killed with the Midianite woman was Zimri the son of Salu, a leader of a father’s household among the Simeonites.
• Numbers 22:4Moab said to the elders of Midian, “Now this horde will lick up all that is around us, just as the ox licks up the grass of the field.” And Balak the son of Zippor was the king of Moab at that time.
• Numbers 31:2“Take vengeance for the Israelites on the Midianites; afterward you will be gathered to your people [in death].”
• Numbers 15:30But the person who does [anything wrong] willfully and defiantly, whether he is native-born or a stranger, that one is blaspheming the Lord, and that person shall be cut off from among his people [excluding him from the atonement made for them].
• Deuteronomy 29:19It will happen that when he (a renegade) hears the words of this oath, and he imagines himself as blessed, saying, ‘I will have peace and safety even though I walk within the stubbornness of my heart [rejecting God and His law], in order that the watered land dwindles away along with the dry [destroying everything],’
• Jeremiah 3:3Therefore the showers have been withheld, And there has been no spring rain. Yet you have the forehead (appearance) of a prostitute; You refuse to be ashamed.
• Jeremiah 8:12Were they ashamed because of the extremely disgusting and shamefully vile things they had done? They were not at all ashamed, And they did not know how to blush. Therefore, they shall fall among those who fall; At the time of their punishment they shall be overthrown,” Says the Lord.
• Jeremiah 36:23And after Jehudi had read three or four columns [of the scroll], King Jehoiakim would cut off that portion with a scribe’s knife and throw it into the fire that was in the brazier, until the [entire] scroll was consumed by the fire.
• Jeremiah 42:15then in that case listen to the word of the Lord, O remnant of Judah. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “If you are really determined to go to Egypt and to reside there [temporarily],
• Jeremiah 43:4So Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces and all the people disobeyed the voice of the Lord [which told them] to stay in the land of Judah.
• Jeremiah 44:16“As for the word (message) that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we are not going to listen to you.
• 2 Peter 2:13suffering wrong [destined for punishment] as the wages of doing wrong. They count it a delight to revel in the daytime [living luxuriously]. They are stains and blemishes [on mankind], reveling in their deceptions even as they feast with you.
• Jude 1:13wild waves of the sea, flinging up their own shame like foam; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of deep darkness has been reserved forever.
• Judges 2:4When the Angel of the Lord had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people raised their voices and wept.
• Ezra 9:1When these things were completed, the officials came to me and said, “The people of Israel and the priests and Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, but have committed the repulsive acts of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.
• Ezra 10:6Then Ezra got up from before the house of God and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib [and spent the night there]. He did not eat bread nor drink water, for he was mourning over the [former] exiles’ faithlessness.

Commentaries on Numbers 25:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Slay ye every one his men - In the different departments where you preside over thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, slay all the culprits that shall be found.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-18Israel was camped across the Jordan River from Jericho. They were almost ready to enter the land and begin the conquest. However, at this important moment, they fell into serious sin. Balaam advised Israel’s enemies to lead the people into sexual immorality and idolatry at Baal-peor (31:16). He could not harm Israel with a curse, so he chose another way. He led them into sin through lust and the worship of false gods. The early church faced similar…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. judges of Israel--the seventy elders, who were commanded not only to superintend the execution within their respective jurisdictions, but to inflict the punishment with their own hands. (See on 1Sa 15:33).Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 25:5

• Baal-Peor
• Fellowship
• Israel
• Judgments

In the dictionaries

• Baal
• Israel
• Moses
• Peor
• Baal-Peor
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Peor, Mount Peor, Baal Peor
• Baalpeor
• Balaam

Commentaries on Numbers 25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings