King James Version
Numbers 25:5 in the King James Version says “And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baalpeor.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 25 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baalpeor.”
Numbers 25:5 · KJV
And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.
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.
And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baalpeor.
And, 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.
And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“unto the judges”
H8199to judge, i.e., pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literal
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“one”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“his men”
H582properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified h0120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
“that were joined”
H6775to link, i.e., gird; figuratively, to serve, (mentally) contrive
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