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Numbers 25:4

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that His fierce anger may turn away from Israel.”

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ASV

And Jehovah said unto Moses, Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up unto Jehovah before the sun, that the fierce anger of Jehovah may turn away from Israel.

KJV

And 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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19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
יְהוָ֜הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
מֹשֶׁ֗הmo.ShehMosesH4872 →
קַ֚חkachtakeH3947 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
רָאשֵׁ֣יra.Shei[the] leaders ofH7218 →
הָעָ֔םha.'Amthe peopleH5971 →
וְהוֹקַ֥עve.ho.Ka'and impaleH3363 →
אוֹתָ֛ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853 →
לַיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068 →
נֶ֣גֶדNe.gedbeforeH5048 →
הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshthe sunH8121 →
וְיָשֹׁ֛בve.ya.Shoso may it turn awayH7725 →
חֲר֥וֹןcha.Ron[the] burning ofH2740 →
אַף־'af-[the] anger ofH639 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃mi.Yis.ra.'Elfrom IsraelH3478 →

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Deuteronomy 13:17Nothing devoted to destruction shall cling to your hands, so that the LORD will turn from His fierce anger, grant you mercy, show you compassion, and multiply you as He swore to your fathers,Deuteronomy 4:3Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor.Ezra 10:14Let our leaders represent the whole assembly. Then let everyone in our towns who has married a foreign woman come at an appointed time, together with the elders and judges of each town, until the fierce anger of our God in this matter is turned away from us.”Deuteronomy 21:23you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.2 Samuel 21:6let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.” “I will give them to you,” said the king.Numbers 25:11“Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned My wrath away from the Israelites; for he was zealous for My sake among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in My zeal.Hosea 14:4I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.2 Samuel 21:9And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before the LORD. So all seven of them fell together; they were put to death in the first days of the harvest, at the beginning of the barley harvest.Exodus 18:25So Moses chose capable men from all Israel and made them heads over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.Numbers 25:14–15The name of the Israelite who was slain with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family.Joshua 23:2he summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers. “I am old and well along in years,” he said,Joshua 7:25–26“Why have you brought this trouble upon us?” said Joshua. “Today the LORD will bring trouble upon you!” And all Israel stoned him to death. Then they stoned the others and burned their bodies.Deuteronomy 13:6–9If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known,Esther 7:9–10Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “There is a gallows fifty cubits high at Haman’s house. He had it built for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.” “Hang him on it!” declared the king.Numbers 25:18For they assailed you deceitfully when they seduced you in the matter of Peor and their sister Cozbi, the daughter of the Midianite leader, the woman who was killed on the day the plague came because of Peor.”Deuteronomy 13:13that wicked men have arisen from among you and have led the people of their city astray, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” (which you have not known),Psalms 85:3–4You withheld all Your fury; You turned from Your burning anger.Jonah 3:9Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”

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