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
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
7 When Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he got up and left the congregation. Taking a spear in his hand,(A) 8 he went after the Israelite man into the tent and pierced the two of them, the Israelite and the woman, through the belly. So the plague was stopped among the Israelites. 9 Nevertheless those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand.(B)
10 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 11 “Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned back my wrath from the Israelites by manifesting such zeal among them on my behalf that in my jealousy I did not consume the Israelites.(C) 12 Therefore say, ‘I hereby grant him my covenant of peace.(D) 13 It shall be for him and for his descendants after him a covenant of perpetual priesthood, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.’ ”(E)
14 The name of the slain Israelite man who was killed with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, head of an ancestral house belonging to the Simeonites. 15 The name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi daughter of Zur, who was the head of a clan, an ancestral house in Midian.(F)
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