Numbers 25:6-8
New American Standard Bible 1995
6 Then behold, one of the sons of Israel came and brought to his [a]relatives a (A)Midianite woman, in the sight of Moses and in the sight of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, (B)while they were weeping at the doorway of the tent of meeting. 7 (C)When Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he arose from the midst of the congregation and took a spear in his hand, 8 and he went after the man of Israel into the [b]tent and pierced both of them through, the man of Israel and the woman, through the [c]body. (D)So the plague on the sons of Israel was checked.
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- Numbers 25:6 Lit brothers
- Numbers 25:8 Or inner rooms
- Numbers 25:8 Or belly
Numbers 25:13
New American Standard Bible 1995
13 and it shall be for him and his [a]descendants after him, a covenant of a (A)perpetual priesthood, because he was jealous for his God and (B)made atonement for the sons of Israel.’”
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- Numbers 25:13 Lit seed
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