Numbers 25

New King James Version

Israel’s Harlotry in Moab

25 Now Israel remained in ^(A)Acacia Grove,^[a] and the ^(B)people began to commit harlotry with the women of Moab. ²^(C)They invited the people to ^(D)the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and ^(E)bowed down to their gods. ³So Israel was joined to Baal of Peor, and ^(F)the anger of the Lord was aroused against Israel.

⁴Then the Lord said to Moses, ^(G)“Take all the leaders of the people and hang the offenders before the Lord, out in the sun, ^(H)that the fierce anger of the Lord may turn away from Israel.”

⁵So Moses said to ^(I)the judges of Israel, ^(J)“Every one of you kill his men who were joined to Baal of Peor.”

⁶And indeed, one of the children of Israel came and presented to his brethren a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, ^(K)who were weeping at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. ⁷Now ^(L)when Phinehas ^(M)the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose from among the congregation and took a javelin in his hand; ⁸and he went after the man of Israel into the tent and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So ^(N)the plague was ^(O)stopped among the children of Israel. ⁹And ^(P)those who died in the plague were twenty-four thousand.

¹⁰Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ¹¹^(Q)“Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned back My wrath from the children of Israel, because he was zealous with My zeal among them, so that I did not consume the children of Israel in ^(R)My zeal. ¹²Therefore say, ^(S)‘Behold, I give to him My ^(T)covenant of peace; ¹³and it shall be to him and ^(U)his descendants after him a covenant of ^(V)an everlasting priesthood, because he was ^(W)zealous for his God, and ^(X)made ^[b]atonement for the children of Israel.’ ”

¹⁴Now the name of the Israelite who was killed, who was killed with the Midianite woman, was Zimri the son of Salu, a leader of a father’s house among the Simeonites. ¹⁵And the name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi the daughter of ^(Y)Zur; he was head of the people of a father’s house in Midian.

¹⁶Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ¹⁷^(Z)“Harass the Midianites, and ^[c]attack them; ¹⁸for they harassed you with their ^(AA)schemes^[d] by which they seduced you in the matter of Peor and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a leader of Midian, their sister, who was killed in the day of the plague because of Peor.”

Footnotes

Numbers 25:1 Heb. Shittim
Numbers 25:13 Lit. covering
Numbers 25:17 be hostile toward
Numbers 25:18 tricks

Psalm 89

New King James Version

Remembering the Covenant with David, and Sorrow for Lost Blessings

A ^[a]Contemplation of ^(A)Ethan the Ezrahite.

89 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever;
With my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness to all generations.
²For I have said, “Mercy shall be built up forever;
^(B)Your faithfulness You shall establish in the very heavens.”

³“I^(C) have made a covenant with My chosen,
I have ^(D)sworn to My servant David:
⁴‘Your seed I will establish forever,
And build up your throne ^(E)to all generations.’ ” Selah

⁵And ^(F)the heavens will praise Your wonders, O Lord;
Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the saints.
⁶^(G)For who in the heavens can be compared to the Lord?
Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the Lord?
⁷^(H)God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints,
And to be held in reverence by all those around Him.
⁸O Lord God of hosts,
Who is mighty like You, O Lord?
Your faithfulness also surrounds You.
⁹^(I)You rule the raging of the sea;
When its waves rise, You still them.
¹⁰^(J)You have broken ^[b]Rahab in pieces, as one who is slain;
You have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

¹¹^(K)The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;
The world and all its fullness, You have founded them.
¹²The north and the south, You have created them;
^(L)Tabor and ^(M)Hermon rejoice in Your name.
¹³You have a mighty arm;
Strong is Your hand, and high is Your right hand.
¹⁴Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;
Mercy and truth go before Your face.
¹⁵Blessed are the people who know the ^(N)joyful sound!
They walk, O Lord, in the light of Your countenance.
¹⁶In Your name they rejoice all day long,
And in Your righteousness they are exalted.
¹⁷For You are the glory of their strength,
And in Your favor our ^[c]horn is ^(O)exalted.
¹⁸For our shield belongs to the Lord,
And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹Then You spoke in a vision to Your ^[d]holy one,
And said: “I have given help to one who is mighty;
I have exalted one ^(P)chosen from the people.
²⁰^(Q)I have found My servant David;
With My holy oil I have anointed him,
²¹^(R)With whom My hand shall be established;
Also My arm shall strengthen him.
²²The enemy shall not ^[e]outwit him,
Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
²³I will beat down his foes before his face,
And plague those who hate him.

²⁴“But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him,
And in My name his horn shall be exalted.
²⁵Also I will ^(S)set his hand over the sea,
And his right hand over the rivers.
²⁶He shall cry to Me, ‘You are ^(T)my Father,
My God, and ^(U)the rock of my salvation.’
²⁷Also I will make him ^(V)My firstborn,
^(W)The highest of the kings of the earth.
²⁸^(X)My mercy I will keep for him forever,
And My covenant shall stand firm with him.
²⁹His seed also I will make to endure forever,
^(Y)And his throne ^(Z)as the days of heaven.

³⁰“If^(AA) his sons ^(AB)forsake My law
And do not walk in My judgments,
³¹If they ^[f]break My statutes
And do not keep My commandments,
³²Then I will punish their transgression with the rod,
And their iniquity with stripes.
³³^(AC)Nevertheless My lovingkindness I will not ^[g]utterly take from him,
Nor ^[h]allow My faithfulness to fail.
³⁴My covenant I will not break,
Nor ^(AD)alter the word that has gone out of My lips.
³⁵Once I have sworn ^(AE)by My holiness;
I will not lie to David:
³⁶^(AF)His seed shall endure forever,
And his throne ^(AG)as the sun before Me;
³⁷It shall be established forever like the moon,
Even like the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah

³⁸But You have ^(AH)cast off and ^(AI)abhorred,^[i]
You have been furious with Your ^[j]anointed.
³⁹You have renounced the covenant of Your servant;
^(AJ)You have ^[k]profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
⁴⁰You have broken down all his hedges;
You have brought his ^[l]strongholds to ruin.
⁴¹All who pass by the way ^(AK)plunder him;
He is a reproach to his neighbors.
⁴²You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries;
You have made all his enemies rejoice.
⁴³You have also turned back the edge of his sword,
And have not sustained him in the battle.
⁴⁴You have made his ^[m]glory cease,
And cast his throne down to the ground.
⁴⁵The days of his youth You have shortened;
You have covered him with shame. Selah

⁴⁶How long, Lord?
Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your wrath burn like fire?
⁴⁷Remember how short my time ^(AL)is;
For what ^(AM)futility have You created all the children of men?
⁴⁸What man can live and not ^[n]see ^(AN)death?
Can he deliver his life from the power of ^[o]the grave? Selah

⁴⁹Lord, where are Your former lovingkindnesses,
Which You ^(AO)swore to David ^(AP)in Your truth?
⁵⁰Remember, Lord, the reproach of Your servants—
^(AQ)How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples,
⁵¹^(AR)With which Your enemies have reproached, O Lord,
With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your ^[p]anointed.