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Numbers 25

Israel stayed at Shittim, and the people began committing sexual immorality with the women of Moab. The women invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods. The people ate and bowed down to their gods. Israel joined himself to Baalpeor, and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel. The Lord said to Moses, 'Take all the heads

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Baal of Peor

Israel stayed at Shittim, and the people began committing sexual immorality with the women of Moab. The women invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods. The people ate and bowed down to their gods. Israel joined himself to Baalpeor, and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel. The Lord said to Moses, 'Take all the heads of the people and hang them up before the Lord against the sun, so the fierce anger of the Lord may be turned away from Israel.' Moses said to the judges of Israel, 'Every one of you kill the men under your authority who joined themselves to Baalpeor.' Then one of the Israelites came and brought a Midianitish woman to his brothers, right in front of Moses and the whole community of Israel, while they were weeping at the door of the tent of meeting. When Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose from among the community, took a javelin in his hand, He followed the Israelite man into the tent and thrust both of them through — the Israelite man and the woman through her belly. Then the plague among the Israelites was stopped. Those who died in the plague numbered twenty-four thousand. The Lord spoke to Moses: 'Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned my anger away from the Israelites by being zealous with my zeal among them, so I did not consume the Israelites in my jealousy.' 'So say: I give him my covenant of peace.' 'It will be for him and his descendants after him a covenant of an everlasting priesthood, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.' The Israelite man killed with the Midianitish woman was Zimri son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites. The Midianitish woman who was killed was Cozbi daughter of Zur, who was head over a people and a chief house in Midian. The Lord spoke to Moses: 'Treat the Midianites as enemies and strike them,' 'because they treated you as enemies with their schemes, tricking you over Peor and over Cozbi, the daughter of a Midianite leader, who was killed on the day of the plague because of Peor.'

And Israel stayed in Shittim, and the people started to go whoring with the daughters of Moab. And they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to their gods. And Israel joined himself to Baal of Peor. And the anger of the Lord was lit against Israel. And the Lord said to Moses: Take all the heads of the people and hang them up in front of the Lord in the sun, so the heat of the Lord's anger turns away from Israel. And Moses said to the judges of Israel: Every one of you kill his men who were joined to Baal of Peor. And there was one of the people of Israel who came and brought a Midianite woman to his brothers, in the sight of Moses and in the sight of the whole gathering of the people of Israel, who were weeping at the door of the tent of meeting. And when Phinehas son of Eleazar son of Aaron the priest saw it, he got up from among the gathering and took a spear in his hand. And he went after the man of Israel into the tent and ran them both through, the man of Israel and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stopped from the people of Israel. And the ones who died in the plague were twenty-four thousand. And the Lord spoke to Moses: Phinehas son of Eleazar son of Aaron the priest has turned my fury away from the people of Israel, because he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so I didn't finish off the people of Israel in my jealousy. So say: Look — I give him my covenant of peace. And he'll have it, and his offspring after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood — because he was jealous for his God and covered over for the people of Israel. Now the name of the man of Israel who was killed, who was killed with the Midianite woman, was Zimri son of Salu, a leader of a father's house among the Simeonites. And the name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Kozbi daughter of Zur. He was head over a people, of a father's house in Midian. And the Lord spoke to Moses: Trouble the Midianites and strike them. Because they trouble you with their tricks, that they've tricked you with in the business of Peor and in the business of Kozbi, the daughter of a leader of Midian, their sister, who was killed on the day of the plague over Peor.

And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab. And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel. 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. And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baalpeor. 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. 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; 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. And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 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. Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace: 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. 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. 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. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Vex the Midianites, and smite them: 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.

1

Israel stayed at Shittim, and the people began committing sexual immorality with the women of Moab.

Plain English

And Israel stayed in Shittim, and the people started to go whoring with the daughters of Moab.

King James Version, 1611

And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

2

The women invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods. The people ate and bowed down to their gods.

Plain English

And they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to their gods.

King James Version, 1611

And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.

3

Israel joined himself to Baalpeor, and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel.

Plain English

And Israel joined himself to Baal of Peor. And the anger of the Lord was lit against Israel.

King James Version, 1611

And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.

4

The Lord said to Moses, 'Take all the heads of the people and hang them up before the Lord against the sun, so the fierce anger of the Lord may be turned away from Israel.'

Plain English

And the Lord said to Moses: Take all the heads of the people and hang them up in front of the Lord in the sun, so the heat of the Lord's anger turns away from Israel.

King James Version, 1611

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.

5

Moses said to the judges of Israel, 'Every one of you kill the men under your authority who joined themselves to Baalpeor.'

Plain English

And Moses said to the judges of Israel: Every one of you kill his men who were joined to Baal of Peor.

King James Version, 1611

And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baalpeor.

6

Then one of the Israelites came and brought a Midianitish woman to his brothers, right in front of Moses and the whole community of Israel, while they were weeping at the door of the tent of meeting.

Plain English

And there was one of the people of Israel who came and brought a Midianite woman to his brothers, in the sight of Moses and in the sight of the whole gathering of the people of Israel, who were weeping at the door of the tent of meeting.

King James Version, 1611

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.

7

When Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose from among the community, took a javelin in his hand,

Plain English

And when Phinehas son of Eleazar son of Aaron the priest saw it, he got up from among the gathering and took a spear in his hand.

King James Version, 1611

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;

8

He followed the Israelite man into the tent and thrust both of them through — the Israelite man and the woman through her belly. Then the plague among the Israelites was stopped.

Plain English

And he went after the man of Israel into the tent and ran them both through, the man of Israel and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stopped from the people of Israel.

King James Version, 1611

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.

9

Those who died in the plague numbered twenty-four thousand.

Plain English

And the ones who died in the plague were twenty-four thousand.

King James Version, 1611

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

10

The Lord spoke to Moses:

Plain English

And the Lord spoke to Moses:

King James Version, 1611

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

11

'Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned my anger away from the Israelites by being zealous with my zeal among them, so I did not consume the Israelites in my jealousy.'

Plain English

Phinehas son of Eleazar son of Aaron the priest has turned my fury away from the people of Israel, because he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so I didn't finish off the people of Israel in my jealousy.

King James Version, 1611

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.

12

'So say: I give him my covenant of peace.'

Plain English

So say: Look — I give him my covenant of peace.

King James Version, 1611

Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:

13

'It will be for him and his descendants after him a covenant of an everlasting priesthood, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.'

Plain English

And he'll have it, and his offspring after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood — because he was jealous for his God and covered over for the people of Israel.

King James Version, 1611

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.

14

The Israelite man killed with the Midianitish woman was Zimri son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites.

Plain English

Now the name of the man of Israel who was killed, who was killed with the Midianite woman, was Zimri son of Salu, a leader of a father's house among the Simeonites.

King James Version, 1611

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.

15

The Midianitish woman who was killed was Cozbi daughter of Zur, who was head over a people and a chief house in Midian.

Plain English

And the name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Kozbi daughter of Zur. He was head over a people, of a father's house in Midian.

King James Version, 1611

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.

16

The Lord spoke to Moses:

Plain English

And the Lord spoke to Moses:

King James Version, 1611

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

17

'Treat the Midianites as enemies and strike them,'

Plain English

Trouble the Midianites and strike them.

King James Version, 1611

Vex the Midianites, and smite them:

18

'because they treated you as enemies with their schemes, tricking you over Peor and over Cozbi, the daughter of a Midianite leader, who was killed on the day of the plague because of Peor.'

Plain English

Because they trouble you with their tricks, that they've tricked you with in the business of Peor and in the business of Kozbi, the daughter of a leader of Midian, their sister, who was killed on the day of the plague over Peor.

King James Version, 1611

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.