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Numbers 25:4 NIV (New International Version)

The LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of these people, kill them and expose them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that the LORD’s fierce anger may turn away from Israel.”

Numbers 25:4 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

And the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the chiefs of the people and hang them in the sun before the LORD, that the fierce anger of the LORD may turn away from Israel.”

Numbers 25:4 NLT (New Living Translation)

The LORD issued the following command to Moses: “Seize all the ringleaders and execute them before the LORD in broad daylight, so his fierce anger will turn away from the people of Israel.”

Numbers 25:4 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

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

Numbers 25:4 KJV (King James Version)

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.

Numbers 25:4 NKJV (New King James Version)

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and hang the offenders before the LORD, out in the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may turn away from Israel.”

Numbers 25:4 MSG (The Message)

GOD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of Israel and kill them by hanging, leaving them publicly exposed in order to turn GOD’s anger away from Israel.”

Numbers 25:4 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)

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

Numbers 25:4 AMP (Amplified Bible)

The LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people [who have committed sin with the Moabites], and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that the fierce anger of the LORD may turn away from Israel.”

Numbers 25:4 NET (New English Translation)

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.”