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Numbers 25
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1And Israel sojourned in Sattin, and the people profaned itself by going a-whoring after the daughters of Moab.
1Israel stayed in Shittim; and the people began to play the prostitute with the daughters of Moab;
2And they called them to the sacrifices of their idols; and the people ate of their sacrifices, and worshipped their idols.
2for they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods. The people ate and bowed down to their gods.
3And Israel consecrated themselves to Beel-phegor; and the Lord was very angry with Israel.
3Israel joined himself to Baal Peor, and Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel.
4And the Lord said to Moses, Take all the princes of the people, and make them examples [of judgment] for the Lord in the face of the sun, and the anger of the Lord shall be turned away from Israel.
4Yahweh said to Moses, “Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up to Yahweh before the sun, that the fierce anger of Yahweh may turn away from Israel.”
5And Moses said to the tribes of Israel, Slay you⌃ every one his friend that is consecrated to Beel-phegor.
5Moses said to the judges of Israel, “Everyone kill his men who have joined themselves to Baal Peor.”
6And, behold, a man of the children of Israel came and brought his brother to a Madianitish woman before Moses, and before all the congregation of the children of Israel; and they were weeping at the door of the tabernacle of witness.
6Behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought to his brothers a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, while they were weeping at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
7And Phinees the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, and rose out of the midst of the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand,
7When Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the middle of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand.
8and went in after the Israelitish man into the chamber, and pierced them both through, both the Israelitish man , and the woman through her womb; and the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
8He went after the man of Israel into the pavilion, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So the plague was stopped among the children of Israel.
9And those that died in the plague were four and twentythousand.
9Those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand.
10And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
10Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
11Phinees the son of Eleazarthe son of Aaron the priesthas caused my wrath to cease from the children of Israel, when I was exceedingly jealous among them, and I did not consume the children of Israel in my jealousy.
11“Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I didn’t consume the children of Israel in my jealousy.
12Thus do you say [to him], Behold, I give him a covenant of peace:
12Therefore say, ‘Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace.
13and he and his seed after him shall have a perpetual covenant of priesthood, because he was zealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.
13It shall be to him, and to his offspring after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood, because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.’”
14Now the name of the struck Israelitish man , who was struck with the Madianitish woman, [was] Zambri son of Salmon, prince of a house of the tribe of Symeon.
14Now the name of the man of Israel that was slain, who was slain with the Midianite woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a fathers’ house among the Simeonites.
15And the name of the Madianitish woman who was struck, [was] Chasbi, daughter of Sur, a prince of the nation of Ommoth: it is a chief house among the people of Madiam.
15The name of the Midianite woman who was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur. He was head of the people of a fathers’ house in Midian.
16And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the children of Israel, saying,
16Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
17Plague the Madianites as enemies, and strike them,
17“Harass the Midianites, and strike them;
18for they are enemies to you by the treachery wherein they ensnare you through Phogor, and through Chasbi their sister, daughter of a prince of Madiam, who was struck in the day of the plague because of Phogor.
18for they harassed you with their wiles, wherein they have deceived you in the matter of Peor, and in the incident regarding Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor.”