all the heads: Num 25:14-15, Num 25:18; Exo 18:25; Deu 4:3; Jos 22:17, Jos 23:2
and hang: Dr. Kennicott remarks, that the Samaritan and Hebrew Texts must be united to make the sense of this verse complete: "And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto all the heads of the people; and let them slay the men that were joined to Baal-peor; and hang them up before the Lord, against the sun," etc. Deu 13:6-9, Deu 13:13, Deu 13:15, Deu 21:23; 2Sa 21:6, 2Sa 21:9; Est 7:9-10
that the fierce: Num 25:11; Deu 13:17; Jos 7:25-26; Psa 85:3-4; Jon 3:9