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 Yehovah was very 
    angry with Israel. 
     
    25:4 And Yehovah said to Moses, Take all the princes of the people, and 
    make them examples [of judgment] for Yehovah in the face of the sun, and 
    the anger of Yehovah 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 Yehovah 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 Elohim, 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 Yehovah 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 Yehovah was 
    kindled against Israel. 
     
    25:4 And Yehovah said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and 
    hang them up before Yehovah against the sun, that the fierce anger of the 
    Yehovah 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 Yehovah 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 Elohim, 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 Yehovah 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.  |