Numbers 25:2-4

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² These invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.^{(A) 3} Thus Israel yoked itself to the Baal of Peor, and the Lord’s anger was kindled against Israel.^{(B) 4} 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.”^(C)