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Numbers 25:5-16
New American Standard Bible
Numbers 25:5-16
New American Standard Bible
5 So Moses said to the judges of Israel, “Each of you (A)kill his men who have [a]become followers of [b]Baal of Peor.”
6 Then behold, one of the sons of Israel came and brought to his relatives a (B)Midianite woman, in the sight of Moses and in the sight of the whole congregation of the sons of Israel, (C)while they were weeping at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 7 (D)When Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation and took a spear in his hand, 8 and he went after the man of Israel into the inner room of the tent and pierced both of them, the man of Israel and the woman, through the abdomen. (E)So the plague on the sons of Israel was brought to a halt. 9 (F)But those who died from the plague were twenty-four thousand in number.
The Zeal of Phinehas
10 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 11 “(G)Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has averted My wrath from the sons of Israel in that he was [c]jealous with My [d]jealousy among them, so that I did not destroy the sons of Israel (H)in My [e]jealousy. 12 Therefore say, ‘(I)Behold, I am giving him My (J)covenant of peace; 13 and it shall be for him and for his [f]descendants after him, a covenant of a (K)permanent priesthood, because he was [g]jealous for his God and (L)made atonement for the sons of Israel.’”
14 Now the name of the [h]dead man of Israel who was killed with the Midianite woman, was Zimri the son of Salu, a leader of a father’s household among the Simeonites. 15 And the name of the Midianite woman who was killed was (M)Cozbi the daughter of (N)Zur, [i]who was head of the people of a father’s household in Midian.
16 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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- Numbers 25:5 Lit bound themselves to
- Numbers 25:5 Or Baal-peor
- Numbers 25:11 Or possibly zealous; i.e., impassioned
- Numbers 25:11 Or possibly anger
- Numbers 25:11 Or possibly anger
- Numbers 25:13 Lit seed
- Numbers 25:13 Or possibly zealous; i.e., impassioned
- Numbers 25:14 Lit killed
- Numbers 25:15 Lit he
Numbers 25:5-16
New International Version
Numbers 25:5-16
New International Version
5 So Moses said to Israel’s judges, “Each of you must put to death(A) those of your people who have yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor.”(B)
6 Then an Israelite man brought into the camp a Midianite(C) woman right before the eyes of Moses and the whole assembly of Israel while they were weeping(D) at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 7 When Phinehas(E) son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, saw this, he left the assembly, took a spear(F) in his hand 8 and followed the Israelite into the tent. He drove the spear into both of them, right through the Israelite man and into the woman’s stomach. Then the plague against the Israelites was stopped;(G) 9 but those who died in the plague(H) numbered 24,000.(I)
10 The Lord said to Moses, 11 “Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, has turned my anger away from the Israelites.(J) Since he was as zealous for my honor(K) among them as I am, I did not put an end to them in my zeal. 12 Therefore tell him I am making my covenant of peace(L) with him. 13 He and his descendants will have a covenant of a lasting priesthood,(M) because he was zealous(N) for the honor(O) of his God and made atonement(P) for the Israelites.”(Q)
14 The name of the Israelite who was killed with the Midianite woman(R) was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family.(S) 15 And the name of the Midianite woman who was put to death was Kozbi(T) daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.(U)
16 The Lord said to Moses,(V)
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