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Numbers 25:2-4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Numbers 25:2-4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 These then invited the people to the sacrifices of their god, and the people ate of the sacrifices(A) and bowed down to their god. 3 Israel thereby attached itself to the Baal of Peor,(B) and the Lord’s anger flared up against Israel. 4 (C)The Lord said to Moses: Gather all the leaders of the people, and publicly execute them[a] before the Lord, that the blazing wrath of the Lord may turn away from Israel.
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- 25:4 Publicly execute them: the same phrase occurs in 2 Sm 21:6–14, where the context shows that at least a part of the penalty consisted in being denied honorable burial. In both passages, dismemberment or impalement (perhaps subsequent to the actual execution) as a punishment for the breaking of covenant pledges, is a possible interpretation of the Hebrew phrase.
Numbers 25:2-4
New International Version
Numbers 25:2-4
New International Version
2 who invited them to the sacrifices(A) to their gods.(B) The people ate the sacrificial meal and bowed down before these gods. 3 So Israel yoked themselves to(C) the Baal of Peor.(D) And the Lord’s anger burned against them.
4 The Lord said to Moses, “Take all the leaders(E) of these people, kill them and expose(F) them in broad daylight before the Lord,(G) so that the Lord’s fierce anger(H) may turn away from Israel.”
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