Num 25 | ABEn | STEP | And Israel rested up in Shittim, and [ 3 profaned 1 the 2 people] to fornicate with the daughters of Moab.

Numbers 25

CHAPTER 25 Israel Fornicates to Baal-peor

1 And Israel rested up in Shittim, and [³profaned ¹the ²people] to fornicate with the daughters of Moab. 2 And they called them unto the sacrifices of their idols, and [³ate ¹the ²people] of their sacrifices, and they did obeisance to their idols. 3 And Israel was initiated to Baal-peor; and [²was provoked to anger ³in rage ¹the lord] with Israel. 4 And the lord said to Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and make an example of them for the lord over against the sun! and [⁴shall turn away ¹the anger ²of the rage ³of the lord] from Israel. 5 And Moses said to the tribes of Israel, Let [²kill ¹each] the one of his family being initiated to Baal-Peor! 6 And behold, a man of the sons of Israel coming, led forward his brother to the Midianitish woman before Moses, and before all the congregation of the sons of Israel. And they were weeping by the door of the tent of the testimony.

Phinehas Stems the Calamity

7 And seeing, Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, rose up from the midst of the congregation, and taking a spear in his hand, 8 he entered after the Israelitish man into the furnace, and he pierced both the Israelitish man, and the woman through her womb; and [³ceased ¹the ²calamity] from the sons of Israel. 9 And [⁶were ¹the ²ones having died ³by ⁴the ⁵calamity] four and twenty thousand. 10 And the lord spoke to Moses, saying, 11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, caused [²to cease ¹my rage] from the sons of Israel, in my being jealous in the zeal for them; and I did not completely consume the sons of Israel in my zeal. 12 Thus say! Behold, I make with him my covenant of peace; 13 and it will be to him and to his seed after him a covenant [²priesthood ¹of an eternal], because he was jealous for his God, and he atoned for the sons of Israel. 14 And the name of the Israelitish man being struck, who was stricken with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri son of Salu, ruler of the house of the family of Simeon. 15 And the name of the Midianitish woman being struck, was Cozbi, daughter of Zur, a ruler of the nation of Ommoth; [²of the house ³of the family ¹it is] of the ones of Midian. 16 And the lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel! saying, 17 Hate the Midianites, and strike them! 18 For [⁴are hating ⁵you ³they ¹with ²deceit], with as many things they used deceit against you through Peor, even through Cozbi, daughter of the ruler of Midian, their sister, the one being struck in the day of the calamity on account of Peor.