Numbers 25:1-5 ▼

1 While Israel was living at Shittim, the people profaned themselves by prostituting themselves with the Moabite women.

2 These then invited the people to the sacrifices of their god, and the people ate of the sacrifices and bowed down to their god.

3 Israel thereby attached itself to the Baal of Peor, and the LORD’s anger flared up against Israel.

4 The LORD said to Moses: Gather all the leaders of the people, and publicly execute them before the LORD, that the blazing wrath of the LORD may turn away from Israel.

5 So Moses told the Israelite judges, “Each of you kill those of his men who have attached themselves to the Baal of Peor.”