Numbers 25:4 meaning and explanation

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.”

Numbers 25:4, Berean Standard Bible

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Israel is camped at Shittim, and the men have been drawn into Moabite worship at Baal of Peor, so the LORD's anger burns against the nation. In verse 4 God tells Moses to take all the leaders and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that His fierce anger may turn away from Israel.

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