Numbers 25:5

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So Moses said to the judges of Israel,“Each of you must execute those of his men who were joined to Baal-peor.”

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  • Exod 18:21 : 21 But you choose from the people capable men, God-fearing, men of truth, those who hate bribes, and put them over the people as rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
  • Exod 18:25-26 : 25 Moses chose capable men from all Israel, and he made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 26 They judged the people under normal circumstances; the difficult cases they would bring to Moses, but every small case they would judge themselves.
  • Exod 22:20 : 20 “Whoever sacrifices to a god other than the LORD alone must be utterly destroyed.
  • Exod 32:27-28 : 27 and he said to them,“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, has said‘Each man fasten his sword on his side, and go back and forth from entrance to entrance throughout the camp, and each one kill his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’” 28 The Levites did what Moses ordered, and that day about three thousand men of the people died.
  • Deut 13:6 : 6 False Prophets in the Family Suppose your own full brother, your son, your daughter, your beloved wife, or your closest friend should seduce you secretly and encourage you to go and serve other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have previously known,
  • Deut 13:9 : 9 Instead, you must kill him without fail! Your own hand must be the first to strike him, and then the hands of the whole community.
  • Deut 13:13 : 13 some evil people have departed from among you to entice the inhabitants of their cities, saying,“Let’s go and serve other gods”(whom you have not known before).
  • Deut 13:15 : 15 you must by all means slaughter the inhabitants of that city with the sword; annihilate with the sword everyone in it, as well as the livestock.
  • Deut 17:3-5 : 3 by serving other gods and worshiping them– the sun, moon, or any other heavenly bodies which I have not permitted you to worship. 4 When it is reported to you and you hear about it, you must investigate carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done in Israel, 5 you must bring to your city gates that man or woman who has done this wicked thing– that very man or woman– and you must stone that person to death.
  • 1 Kgs 18:40 : 40 Elijah told them,“Seize the prophets of Baal! Don’t let even one of them escape!” So they seized them, and Elijah led them down to the Kishon Valley and executed them there.

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  • Num 25:2-4
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    2These women invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods; then the people ate and bowed down to their gods.

    3When Israel joined themselves to Baal-peor, the anger of the LORD flared up against Israel.

    4God’s Punishment The LORD said to Moses,“Arrest all the leaders of the people, and hang them up before the LORD in broad daylight, so that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.”

  • Num 31:14-17
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    79%

    14The Death of the Midianite Women But Moses was furious with the officers of the army, the commanders over thousands and commanders over hundreds, who had come from service in the war.

    15Moses said to them,“Have you allowed all the women to live?

    16Look, these people through the counsel of Balaam caused the Israelites to act treacherously against the LORD in the matter of Peor– which resulted in the plague among the community of the LORD!

    17Now therefore kill every boy, and kill every woman who has been intimate with a man in bed.

  • Num 25:15-18
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    15The name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi daughter of Zur. He was a leader over the people of a clan of Midian.

    16Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

    17“Bring trouble to the Midianites, and destroy them,

    18because they bring trouble to you by their treachery with which they have deceived you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, who was killed on the day of the plague that happened as a result of Peor.”

  • Num 25:6
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    6Just then one of the Israelites came and brought to his brothers a Midianite woman in the plain view of Moses and of the whole community of the Israelites, while they were weeping at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

  • Deut 4:3
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    3You have witnessed what the LORD did at Baal Peor, how he eradicated from your midst everyone who followed Baal Peor.

  • Num 25:8-10
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    8and went after the Israelite man into the tent and thrust through the Israelite man and into the woman’s abdomen. So the plague was stopped from the Israelites.

    9Those that died in the plague were 24,000.

    10The Aftermath The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 31:7-8
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    7They fought against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses, and they killed every male.

    8They killed the kings of Midian in addition to those slain– Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba– five Midianite kings. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.

  • Num 31:1-3
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    1The Midianite War The LORD spoke to Moses:

    2“Exact vengeance for the Israelites from the Midianites– after that you will be gathered to your people.”

    3So Moses spoke to the people:“Arm men from among you for the war, to attack the Midianites and to execute the LORD’s vengeance on Midian.

  • Josh 13:22
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    22The Israelites killed Balaam son of Beor, the omen reader, along with the others.

  • Exod 32:26-27
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    26So Moses stood at the entrance of the camp and said,“Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” All the Levites gathered around him,

    27and he said to them,“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, has said‘Each man fasten his sword on his side, and go back and forth from entrance to entrance throughout the camp, and each one kill his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’”

  • Num 5:5
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    5Restitution for Sin Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 5:11
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    11The Jealousy Ordeal The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Lev 24:23
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    23Then Moses spoke to the Israelites and they brought the one who cursed outside the camp and stoned him with stones. So the Israelites did just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

  • Num 31:25
    71%

    25The Distribution of Spoils Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Josh 22:17
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    17The sin we committed at Peor was bad enough. To this very day we have not purified ourselves; it even brought a plague on the community of the LORD.

  • Num 15:35-37
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    35Then the LORD said to Moses,“The man must surely be put to death; the whole community must stone him with stones outside the camp.”

    36So the whole community took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, just as the LORD commanded Moses.

    37Rules for Tassels The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Ps 106:28
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    28They worshiped Baal of Peor, and ate sacrifices offered to the dead.

  • Num 16:41
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    41But on the next day the whole community of Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying,“You have killed the LORD’s people!”

  • Exod 19:21
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    21The LORD said to Moses,“Go down and solemnly warn the people, lest they force their way through to the LORD to look, and many of them perish.

  • Lev 20:1
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    1Prohibitions against Illegitimate Family Worship The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Lev 24:13
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    13Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Exod 4:19
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    19The LORD said to Moses in Midian,“Go back to Egypt, because all the men who were seeking your life are dead.”

  • Num 29:40
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    40(30:1) So Moses told the Israelites everything, just as the LORD had commanded him.

  • Deut 27:11
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    11Moreover, Moses commanded the people that day:

  • Num 16:36
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    36The Atonement for the Rebellion(17:1) The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Deut 31:16
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    16Then the LORD said to Moses,“You are about to die, and then these people will begin to prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land into which they are going. They will reject me and break my covenant that I have made with them.

  • Num 30:1
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    1Vows Made by Men Moses told the leaders of the tribes concerning the Israelites,“This is what the LORD has commanded:

  • Judg 21:5
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    5The Israelites asked,“Who from all the Israelite tribes has not assembled before the LORD?”They had made a solemn oath that whoever did not assemble before the LORD at Mizpah must certainly be executed.

  • Num 27:15
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    15Then Moses spoke to the LORD:

  • Num 14:5
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    5Then Moses and Aaron fell down with their faces to the ground before the whole assembled community of the Israelites.

  • Exod 35:1
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    1Sabbath Regulations Moses assembled the whole community of the Israelites and said to them,“These are the things that the LORD has commanded you to do.