Numbers 25
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
25 And Israel at that time abode in Settim, and the people committed fornication with the daughters of Moab,
2 Who called them to their sacrifices. And they ate of them, and adored their gods.
3 And Israel was initiated to Beelphegor: upon which the Lord being angry,
4 Said to Moses: Take all the princes of the people, and hang them up on gibbets against the sun: that my fury may be turned away from Israel.
5 And Moses said to the judges of Israel: Let every man kill his neighbours, that have been initiated to Beelphegor.
6 And behold one of the children of Israel went in before his brethren to a harlot of Madian, in the sight of Moses, and of all the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle.
7 And when Phinees the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest saw it, he rose up from the midst; of the multitude, and taking a dagger,
8 Went in after the Israelite into the brothel house, and thrust both of them through together, to wit, the man and the woman in the genital parts. And the scourge ceased from the children of Israel:
9 And there were slain four and twenty thousand men.
10 And the Lord said to Moses:
11 Phinees the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned away my wrath from the children of Israel: because he was moved with my zeal against them, that I myself might not destroy the children of Israel in my zeal.
12 Therefore say to him: Behold I give him the peace of my covenant,
13 And the covenant of the priesthood for ever shall be both to him and his seed, because he hath been zealous for his God, and hath made atonement for the wickedness of the children of Israel.
14 And the name of the Israelite, was slain with the woman of Madian, was Zambri the son of Salu, a prince the kindred and tribe of Simeon.
15 And the Madianite woman, that was slain with him, was called Cozbi the daughter of Sur, a most noble prince among the Madianites.
16 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
17 Let the Madianites find you enemies, and slay you them:
18 Because they also have acted like enemies against you, and have guilefully deceived you by the idol Phogor, and Cozbi their sister, a daughter of a prince of Madian, who was slain in the day the plague for the sacrilege of Phogor.
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. 3 So Israel was joined to Baal of Peor, and (F)the anger of the Lord was aroused against Israel.
4 Then 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.”
5 So Moses said to (I)the judges of Israel, (J)“Every one of you kill his men who were joined to Baal of Peor.”
6 And 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. 7 Now (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; 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 body. So (N)the plague was (O)stopped among the children of Israel. 9 And (P)those who died in the plague were twenty-four thousand.
10 Then 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. 12 Therefore say, (S)‘Behold, I give to him My (T)covenant of peace; 13 and 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.’ ”
14 Now 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. 15 And 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.
16 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 17 (Z)“Harass the Midianites, and [c]attack them; 18 for 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
4 Moseboken 25
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015
Israel förförs av Moab
25 Medan Israel uppehöll sig i Shittim[a], började folket begå otukt med Moabs döttrar. 2 Dessa inbjöd folket till sina gudars offermåltider, och folket åt och tillbad deras gudar. 3 (A) Och Israel slöt sig till Baal-Peor[b]. Då upptändes Herrens vrede mot Israel. 4 (B) Och Herren sade till Mose: ”Hämta folkets alla huvudmän och häng upp dem[c] i solen inför Herren så att Herrens glödande vrede vänds ifrån Israel.” 5 (C) Då sade Mose till Israels domare: ”Var och en av er ska bland sina män döda dem som har slutit sig till Baal-Peor.”
6 Och se, då kom en man av Israels barn och förde in bland sina bröder en midjanitisk kvinna inför ögonen på Mose och hela Israels församling, medan de stod och grät vid ingången till uppenbarelsetältet. 7 (D) När Pinehas[d], son till Eleasar, son till prästen Aron, såg det, reste han sig i församlingen och tog ett spjut i handen. 8 Han följde efter den israelitiske mannen in i tältet och genomborrade dem båda, den israelitiske mannen och kvinnan genom hennes underliv. Då upphörde hemsökelsen bland Israels barn. 9 (E) Men de som omkom genom hemsökelsen utgjorde 24 000.
10 Herren talade till Mose. Han sade: 11 ”Pinehas, son till Eleasar, son till prästen Aron, har vänt bort min vrede från Israels barn genom att han brann av min lidelse bland dem. Därför har jag inte i min lidelse utrotat Israels barn. 12 Säg därför: Se, jag sluter med honom ett fridsförbund. 13 För honom och för hans avkomlingar efter honom ska detta vara ett förbund till ett evigt prästämbete, eftersom han brann för sin Gud och bringade försoning för Israels barn.”
14 Namnet på den dödade israelitiske mannen, han som dödades tillsammans med den midjanitiska kvinnan, var Simri, Salus son, och han var furste för en familj bland simeoniterna. 15 (F) Namnet på den dödade midjanitiska kvinnan var Kosbi, dotter till Sur, som var huvudman för en stamfamilj i Midjan.
16 Herren talade till Mose. Han sade: 17 (G) ”Anfall midjaniterna och slå dem, 18 för de har anfallit er genom sitt lömska bedrägeri mot er i saken med Peor och med deras syster Kosbi, den midjanitiska furstedottern som dödades på den dag då hemsökelsen drabbade er för Peors skull.”
Footnotes
- 25:1 Shittim Israeliternas läger, enligt Josefus en mil öster om Jordan (33:49, Jos 2:1, 3:1).
- 25:3 Baal-Peor Betyder ”herren över Peor”, ort i Moab strax öster om Jeriko (5 Mos 3:29). Fruktbarhetsguden Baal dyrkades med lössläppta ritualer (Jer 2:23f, Hos 2:13).
- 25:4 häng upp dem Visade avståndstagande inför både Gud och folket. Jfr 5 Mos 13, 21:22f.
- 25:7 Pinehas Betyder på egyptiska ”mörkhyad”. Han blev senare folkets överstepräst (vers 13, se 31:6 och Jos 22:13f), och hans söner efter honom (1 Krön 6:4).
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