⁴The Lord said to Moses, “Take all the leaders^m of these people, kill them and exposeⁿ them in broad daylight before the Lord,^o so that the Lord’s fierce anger^p may turn away from Israel.”

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m Nu 7:2; 13:3
n 2 Sa 21:6
o Dt 4:3
p Ex 32:12; Dt 13:17; Jos 7:26; 2 Ki 23:26; 2 Ch 28:11; 29:10; 30:8; Ezr 10:14; Jer 44:3

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.”

CSBChristian 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.”

NLTNew 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.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Yahweh said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and hang them before Yahweh in the sun, so the fierce anger of Yahweh will turn from Israel.”

KJV 1900King 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.

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