Num 25:4 | TNotes | STEP | 25:4 As he had at Sinai (Exod 32:27-28 ), the Lord required swift justice. • execute ... in broad daylight: The guilty parties were perhaps impaled and left out in the sun (see 2 Sam 21:6 , 9 ) so that everyone could see them and learn from their mistakes (cp. 2 Sam 12:12 ).

bExod 32:27-28►

c2 Sam 21:6►

e2 Sam 12:12►

‏ Numbers 25:4

25:4 ^a As he had at Sinai (Exod 32:27-28 ^b), the Lord required swift justice.

• execute ... in broad daylight: The guilty parties were perhaps impaled and left out in the sun (see 2 Sam 21:6 ^c, 9 ^d) so that everyone could see them and learn from their mistakes (cp. 2 Sam 12:12 ^e).