4 Mosebog 25
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Israelitternes utroskab
25 Mens israelitterne lå i lejr i Shittim,[a] syndede nogle af de unge mænd ved at ligge med moabitiske piger. 2 Det skete ved, at pigerne inviterede dem med til de fester, de holdt for deres afguder, og det førte til, at mændene ikke bare spiste afgudsofferkød, men deltog åbenlyst i afgudsdyrkelsen med dertil hørende utugt.
3 Inden længe begyndte mange af israelitterne at dyrke moabitternes gud, Ba’al-Peor. Da sendte Herren i sin vrede en plage over folket, 4 og han sagde til Moses: „Kald folkets ledere sammen og lad alle de ansvarlige blive henrettet og hængt op i solen foran mit telt, så min vrede ikke skal udslette hele folket.” 5 Så gav Moses folkets ledere følgende besked: „De af jeres folk, der er begyndt at dyrke Ba’al-Peor, skal I henrette.”
6 En af de israelitiske mænd var fræk nok til at tage en af de midjanitiske piger med ind i sit telt nær ved midten af lejren, hvor Moses og folket stod grædende og sørgede foran indgangen til åbenbaringsteltet. 7 En ung mand ved navn Pinehas, søn af ypperstepræsten Eleazar, opdagede det, sprang op, greb et spyd 8 og fulgte efter dem ind i teltet, hvor han jog spyddet gennem mandens krop og ind i pigens mave. Da standsede plagen, 9 som indtil da havde kostet 24.000 mennesker livet.
10 Herren sagde nu til Moses: 11 „Du kan takke Pinehas for at plagen standsede, for han forstod min harme og afværgede, at min vrede gjorde yderligere indhug iblandt jer. 12-13 Fordi han handlede i nidkærhed for Gud, og fordi han derved skaffede soning for Israels folk, lover jeg ham og hans efterkommere, at de altid skal være mine præster.”
14 Den mand, som blev dræbt sammen med den midjanitiske pige, hed Zimri. Han var søn af Salu, som var en af lederne i Simeons stamme. 15 Pigens navn var Kozbi. Hun var datter af en midjanitisk fyrste ved navn Zur.
16-17 „Du skal udrydde midjanitterne,” sagde Herren til Moses, 18 „for de forførte jer ved at lokke jer bort fra mig og få jer til at dyrke deres afguder i stedet. Det, der skete med Kozbi, som døde den dag, plagen brød løs på grund af Ba’al-Peor, er et eksempel på, hvad der vil ske med hele det midjanitiske folk.”
Moses afholder en ny folketælling
19 Efter at plagen var standset,
Footnotes
- 25,1 På hebraisk betyder ordet „Akacietræer”, og det er navnet på en by øst for Jordanfloden på højde med Jeriko.
Numbers 25
King James Version
25 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
2 And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
3 And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel.
4 And the Lord said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the Lord against the sun, that the fierce anger of the Lord may be turned away from Israel.
5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baalpeor.
6 And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;
8 And 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 belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
9 And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
10 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
12 Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:
13 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.
14 Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites.
15 And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.
16 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
17 Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
18 For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.
Numbers 25
English Standard Version
Baal Worship at Peor
25 While Israel lived in (A)Shittim, (B)the people began to whore with the daughters of Moab. 2 (C)These invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods. 3 So Israel yoked himself to Baal of Peor. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel. 4 And the Lord said to Moses, (D)“Take all the chiefs of the people and (E)hang[a] them in the sun before the Lord, (F)that the fierce anger of the Lord may turn away from Israel.” 5 And Moses said to (G)the judges of Israel, (H)“Each of you kill those of his men who have yoked themselves to Baal of Peor.”
6 And behold, one of the people of Israel came and brought a Midianite woman to his family, in the sight of Moses and in the sight of the whole congregation of the people of Israel, while they were (I)weeping in the entrance of the tent of meeting. 7 (J)When Phinehas (K)the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose and left the congregation and took a spear in his hand 8 and went after the man of Israel into the chamber and pierced both of them, the man of Israel and the woman through her belly. Thus the plague on the people of Israel was stopped. 9 Nevertheless, (L)those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand.
The Zeal of Phinehas
10 And the Lord said to Moses, 11 “Phinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned back my wrath from the people of Israel, in that he (M)was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the people of Israel in (N)my jealousy. 12 Therefore say, (O)‘Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace, 13 and it shall be to him and to (P)his descendants after him the covenant of (Q)a perpetual priesthood, because he was jealous for his God and made atonement for the people of Israel.’”
14 The name of the slain man of Israel, who was killed with the Midianite woman, was Zimri the son of Salu, chief of a father's house belonging to the Simeonites. 15 And the name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi the daughter of (R)Zur, who was the tribal head of a father's house in Midian.
16 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 17 (S)“Harass the Midianites and strike them down, 18 for they have harassed you with their (T)wiles, with which they beguiled you in the matter of (U)Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the chief of Midian, their sister, who was killed on the day of the plague on account of Peor.”
Footnotes
- Numbers 25:4 Or impale
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