New American Standard Bible 1995
Numbers 25:5
5So Moses said to the judges of Israel, “Each of you 1slay his men who have joined themselves to 2Baal of Peor.”
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, and the Lord was angry against Israel. 4The 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.” So Moses said to the judges of Israel, “Each of you slay his men who have joined themselves to Baal of Peor.” 6Then behold, one of the sons of Israel came and brought to his relatives a Midianite woman, in the sight of Moses and in the sight of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, while they were weeping at the doorway of the tent of meeting. 7When Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he arose from the midst of the congregation and took a spear in his hand,
Read all of Numbers 25Numbers 25:5 word by word
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֶל־שֹׁפְטֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל הִרְגוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֲנָשָׁ֔יו הַנִּצְמָדִ֖ים לְבַ֥עַל פְּעֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Numbers 25:5
- Numbers 25:14Now the name of the slain man of Israel who was slain 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, as the ox licks up the grass of the field.” And Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.
- Numbers 31:2“Take full vengeance for the sons of Israel on the Midianites; afterward you will be gathered to your people.”
- Numbers 15:30But the person who does anything defiantly, whether he is native or an alien, that one is blaspheming the Lord; and that person shall be cut off from among his people.
- Deuteronomy 29:19It shall be when he hears the words of this curse, that he will boast, saying, ‘I have peace though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart in order to destroy the watered land with the dry.’
- Jeremiah 3:3Therefore the showers have been withheld, And there has been no spring rain. Yet you had a harlot’s forehead; You refused to be ashamed.
- Jeremiah 8:12Were they ashamed because of the abomination they had done? They certainly were not 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 brought down,” Says the Lord.
- Jeremiah 36:23When Jehudi had read three or four columns, the king cut it with a scribe’s knife and threw it into the fire that was in the brazier, until all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier.
- 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 really set your mind to enter Egypt and go in to reside there,
- Jeremiah 43:4So Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces, and all the people, did not obey the voice of the Lord to stay in the land of Judah.
- Jeremiah 44:16“As for the 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 as the wages of doing wrong. They count it a pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are stains and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, as they carouse with you,
- Jude 1:13wild waves of the sea, casting up their own shame like foam; wandering stars, for whom the black darkness has been reserved forever.
- Judges 2:4When the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, the people lifted up their voices and wept.
- Ezra 9:1Now when these things had been completed, the princes approached me, saying, “The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, according to their abominations, those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians and the Amorites.
- Ezra 10:6Then Ezra rose from before the house of God and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib. Although he went there, he did not eat bread nor drink water, for he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.
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
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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
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