Keraia
Pentateuch

Numbers 25

Moab Seduces Israel

1While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,

1And Israel remained in Shittim, and the people began to prostitute themselves with the daughters of Moab.

2who also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to these gods.

2And they invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.

3So Israel joined in worshiping Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD burned against them.

3And Israel was joined to Baal of Peor, and the anger of YHWH was kindled against Israel.

4Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that His fierce anger may turn away from Israel.”

4And YHWH said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people, and hang the offenders before YHWH out in the sun, that the burning of the nose of YHWH may turn away from Israel.”

5So Moses told the judges of Israel, “Each of you must kill all of his men who have joined in worshiping Baal of Peor.”

5And Moses said to the judges of Israel, “Each man must kill his men who were joined to Baal of Peor.”

The Zeal of Phinehas

6Just then an Israelite man brought to his family a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and the whole congregation of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

6And indeed, one of the sons of Israel came and presented to his brothers a Midianitess before the eyes of Moses and before the eyes of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and they were weeping at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

7On seeing this, Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, got up from the assembly, took a spear in his hand,

7And Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, saw it, and he rose from the midst of the congregation, and he took a spear in his hand,

8followed the Israelite into the tent, and drove the spear through both of them—through the Israelite and on through the belly of the woman.

So the plague against the Israelites was halted,

8and he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust through the two of them, the man of Israel and the woman—through her body. And the plague was stopped among the sons of Israel.

9but those who died in the plague numbered 24,000.

9And those who died in the plague were four and twenty thousand.

10Then the LORD said to Moses,

10And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,

11“Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned My wrath away from the Israelites; for he was zealous for My sake among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in My zeal.

11“Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned back My wrath from the sons of Israel, because he was zealous with My zeal in their midst, so that I did not consume the sons of Israel in My zeal.

12Declare, therefore, that I am granting him My covenant of peace.

12Therefore say, behold, I give to him My covenant of peace.

13It will be a covenant of permanent priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”

13And it shall be to him and his seed after him a covenant of an everlasting priesthood, upon that he was zealous for his God and made atonement upon the sons of Israel.”

14The name of the Israelite who was slain with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family.

14And the name of the man of Israel who was killed, who was killed with the Midianitess, was Zimri son of Salu, a leader of a house of a father of the Simeonite.

15And the name of the slain Midianite woman was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.

15And the name of the woman who was killed, the Midianitess, was Cozbi the daughter of Zur; he was head of a tribe of a house of a father in Midian.

16And the LORD said to Moses,

16And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,

17“Attack the Midianites and strike them dead.

17“Harass the Midianites and strike them.

18For they assailed you deceitfully when they seduced you in the matter of Peor and their sister Cozbi, the daughter of the Midianite leader, the woman who was killed on the day the plague came because of Peor.”

18For they harassed you with their schemes 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 over the matter of Peor.”