Numbers 25:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baalpeor.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

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

Transliteration

wə-yōʾmer mōšeh to-šōp̄ṭê yiśrāʾēl hirgû ʾîš ʾănāšāyw the-niṣmāḏîm to-baʿal pəʿôr

Grammar Details

*wə-yōʾmer*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and said
*mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
*šōp̄ṭê*: common noun, masculine plural construct with preposition - to judges of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*hirgû*: Qal imperative masculine plural - kill/slay
*ʾîš*: common noun, masculine singular - each man
*ʾănāšāyw*: common noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix - his men
*niṣmāḏîm*: Niphal participle masculine plural with definite article - the ones joined/attached
*baʿal pəʿôr*: proper noun with preposition - to Baal of Peor

Word Meanings

*šōp̄ṭê*: judges/magistrates/leaders
*hirgû*: kill/slay/put to death
*ʾîš ʾănāšāyw*: each man his men/each one those under his authority
*niṣmāḏîm*: joined/yoked/attached

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Referenced Verses

Exod 18:21 : 21 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:
Exod 18:25-26 : 25 And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 26 And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
Exod 22:20 : 20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
Exod 32:27-28 : 27 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. 28 And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
Deut 13:6 : 6 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;
Deut 13:9 : 9 But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
Deut 13:13 : 13 Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;
Deut 13:15 : 15 Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.
Deut 17:3-5 : 3 And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; 4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel: 5 Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
1 Kgs 18:40 : 40 And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Num 25:2-4
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2And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
3And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.
4And 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.
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14And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.
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16Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.
17Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
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15And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.
16And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
17Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
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6And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
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8And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
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7And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.
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1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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26Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD'S side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.
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25And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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