Numbers 25
1 and to dwell Israel in/on/with Shittim and to profane/begin: begin [the] people to/for to fornicate to(wards) daughter Moab
When the Israelites were staying at Shittim the men started to have sex with Moabite women
2 and to call: call to to/for people to/for sacrifice God their and to eat [the] people and to bow to/for God their
who invited them to the sacrifices made to their gods. The Israelites ate the pagan meals and bowed down before these gods.
3 and to join Israel to/for Baal of Peor Baal of Peor and to be incensed face: anger LORD in/on/with Israel
In this way the Israelites devoted themselves in worship to Baal of Peor, and the Lord was angry with them.
4 and to say LORD to(wards) Moses to take: take [obj] all head: leader [the] people and to dislocate/hang [obj] them to/for LORD before [the] sun and to return: turn back burning anger face: anger LORD from Israel
The Lord told Moses, “Arrest all the Israelite leaders and kill them before the Lord where everyone can see in order to turn the Lord's furious anger away from the people.”
5 and to say Moses to(wards) to judge Israel to kill man: anyone human his [the] to join to/for Baal of Peor Baal of Peor
So Moses instructed Israel's judges, “Each of you has to kill all of your men who have devoted themselves to worshiping Baal of Peor.”
6 and behold man from son: descendant/people Israel to come (in): come and to present: bring to(wards) brother: compatriot his [obj] [the] Midianite to/for eye: seeing Moses and to/for eye: seeing all congregation son: descendant/people Israel and they(masc.) to weep entrance tent meeting
Right then an Israelite man brought a Midianite woman to his family tent in full view of Moses and all the Israelites as they were crying at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
7 and to see: see Phinehas son: child Eleazar son: child Aaron [the] priest and to arise: rise from midst [the] congregation and to take: take spear in/on/with hand his
When he saw this, Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, left the assembly, grabbed a spear
8 and to come (in): come after man Israel to(wards) [the] tent and to pierce [obj] two their [obj] man Israel and [obj] [the] woman to(wards) belly her and to restrain [the] plague from upon son: descendant/people Israel
and followed the man into his tent. There Phinehas drove the spear through both of them, through the Israelite and on into the woman's stomach. This action stopped the plague that had started to kill the Israelites,
9 and to be [the] to die in/on/with plague four and twenty thousand
but 24,000 had already died.
10 and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses to/for to say
The Lord told Moses,
11 Phinehas son: child Eleazar son: child Aaron [the] priest to return: turn back [obj] rage my from upon son: descendant/people Israel in/on/with be jealous he [obj] jealousy my in/on/with midst their and not to end: destroy [obj] son: descendant/people Israel in/on/with jealousy my
“Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my anger away from the Israelites, because out of all of them he was passionately dedicated to me, so I did not destroy the Israelites in my passionate anger.
12 to/for so to say look! I to give: give to/for him [obj] covenant my peace
So make an announcement that I am granting him my peace agreement.
13 and to be to/for him and to/for seed: children his after him covenant priesthood forever: enduring underneath: because of which be jealous to/for God his and to atone upon son: descendant/people Israel
It will be an agreement that ensures a permanent priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was passionately dedicated to his God and set the Israelites right.”
14 and name man Israel [the] to smite which to smite with [the] Midianite Zimri son: child Salu leader house: household father to/for Simeon
The name of the Israelite who was killed with the Midianite woman was Zimri, son of Salu, a family leader of the tribe of Simeon.
15 and name [the] woman [the] to smite [the] Midianite Cozbi daughter Zur head: leader people house: household father in/on/with Midian he/she/it
The name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi, daughter of Zur, a family leader of a Midianite tribe.
16 and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses to/for to say
The Lord told Moses,
17 to vex [obj] [the] Midianite and to smite [obj] them
“Attack the Midianites and kill them,
18 for to vex they(masc.) to/for you in/on/with trick their which to plot to/for you upon word: thing Peor and upon word: thing Cozbi daughter leader Midian sister their [the] to smite in/on/with day [the] plague upon word: thing Peor
because they attacked you deceptively, leading you astray by using Peor and their woman Cozbi, the daughter of the Midianite leader—the woman who was killed on the day the plague came because of their devotion to Peor.”
