25:1 And Israel sojourned in Sattin, and the
people profaned itself by going a-whoring after the daughters of Moab.
25:2 And they called them to the sacrifices of their idols; and the people
ate of their sacrifices, and worshiped their idols.
25:3 And Israel consecrated themselves to Beel-phegor; and the Lord was very
angry with Israel.
25:4 And 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.
25:5 And Moses said to the tribes of Israel, Slay ye every one his friend
that is consecrated to Beel-phegor.
25:6 And, 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.
25:7 And 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,
25:8 and 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.
25:9 And those that died in the plague were four and twenty thousand.
25:10 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
25:11 Phinees the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest has 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.
25:12 Thus do thou say [to him], Behold, I give him a covenant of peace:
25:13 and 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.
25:14 Now the name of the smitten Israelitish man, who was smitten with the
Madianitish woman, [was] Zambri son of Salmon, prince of a house of the
tribe of Symeon.
25:15 And the name of the Madianitish woman who was smitten, [was] Chasbi,
daughter of Sur, a prince of the nation of Ommoth: it is a chief house among
the people of Madiam.
25:16 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the children of Israel,
saying,
25:17 Plague the Madianites as enemies, and smite them,
25:18 for 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 smitten in the day of the plague because of Phogor. |
25:1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the
people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
25:2 And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the
people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
25:3 And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was
kindled against Israel.
25:4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and
hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the
LORD may be turned away from Israel.
25:5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men
that were joined unto Baalpeor.
25:6 And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his
brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all
the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation.
25:7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw
it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;
25:8 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of
them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the
plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
25:9 And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
25:10 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
25:11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned
my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake
among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
25:12 Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:
25:13 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an
everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an
atonement for the children of Israel.
25:14 Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with
the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house
among the Simeonites.
25:15 And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the
daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.
25:16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
25:17 Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
25:18 For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in
the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of
Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's
sake. |