Balak 25:05 · unit 1 — to the judges of Israel

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֶל־שֹׁפְטֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל הִרְג֣וּ אִ֗ישׁ אֲנָשָׁ֤יו הַנִּצְמָדִים֙ לְבַ֣עַל פְּע֔וֹר׃

And Moshe said to the judges of Israel: Each of you, kill his men who joined themselves to Baal Peor.

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כַּמָּה הֵם שׁוֹפְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל? שֶׁבַע רִבּוֹא וּשְׁמוֹנַת אֲלָפִים וְשֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת… אָמַר לָהֶם מֹשֶׁה: כָּל אֶחָד מִכֶּם יִקְטֹל תְּרֵי — נִמְצְאוּ הֲרוּגִין חֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה רִבּוֹא וְשִׁבְעַת אֲלָפִים וּמָאתַיִם.

English: How many are the judges of Israel? Seventy-eight thousand six hundred… Moshe said to them: Each of you kill two — the slain would be one hundred fifty-seven thousand two hundred.

What Is Learned

The scale of the sin is measured by the full judicial apparatus of Israel acting at once.

Balak 25:05 · unit 1 — to the judges of Israel

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