Numbers 25:7-15
Legacy Standard Bible
7 (A)And Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, so 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 [a]tent and pierced both of them through, the man of Israel and the woman, through the [b]body. (B)Then the plague on the sons of Israel was checked. 9 (C)So those who died by the plague were 24,000.
The Jealousy of Phinehas
10 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 11 “(D)Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned away My wrath from the sons of Israel in that he was jealous with My jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the sons of Israel (E)in My jealousy. 12 Therefore say, ‘(F)Behold, I give him My (G)covenant of peace; 13 and it shall be for him and his seed after him, a covenant of a (H)perpetual priesthood, because he was jealous for his God and (I)made atonement for the sons of Israel.’”
14 Now the name of the [c]slain man of Israel who was [d]slain 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 struck down, was (J)Cozbi the daughter of (K)Zur, [e]who was head of the people of a father’s household in Midian.
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- Numbers 25:8 Or inner rooms
- Numbers 25:8 Or belly
- Numbers 25:14 Lit smitten
- Numbers 25:14 Lit smitten
- Numbers 25:15 Lit he
Numbers 25:7-15
Christian Standard Bible
7 When Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, saw this, he got up from the assembly, took a spear in his hand, 8 followed the Israelite man into the tent,[a] and drove it through both the Israelite man and the woman—through her belly. Then the plague on the Israelites was stopped, 9 but those who died in the plague numbered twenty-four thousand.(A)
10 The Lord spoke to Moses, 11 “Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned back my wrath from the Israelites because he was zealous among them with my zeal,[b](B) so that I did not destroy the Israelites in my zeal. 12 Therefore declare: I grant him my covenant of peace.(C) 13 It will be a covenant of perpetual priesthood for him and his future descendants,(D) because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”
14 The name of the slain Israelite man, who was struck dead with the Midianite woman, was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family.[c] 15 The name of the slain Midianite woman was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur, a tribal head of a family in Midian.
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