Numbers 25

1 Israel stayed in Shittim, and the men began to prostitute themselves with women of Moab,

And Israel sojourned in Sattin, and the people profaned itself by going a-whoring after the daughters of Moab.

2 for the Moabites had invited the people to the sacrifices to their gods. So the people ate and bowed down to Moabite gods.

And they called them to the sacrifices of their idols; and the people ate of their sacrifices, and worshipped their idols.

3 The men of Israel joined in worshiping Baal of Peor, and Yahweh's anger was kindled against Israel.

And Israel consecrated themselves to Beel-phegor; and the Lord was very angry with Israel.

4 Yahweh said to Moses, “Kill all the leaders of the people and hang them up before me to expose them in the daylight, so that my fierce anger may turn away from Israel.”

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.

5 So Moses said to Israel's leaders, “Each of you must execute his people who have joined in worshiping Baal of Peor.”

And Moses said to the tribes of Israel, Slay you every one his friend that is consecrated to Beel-phegor.

6 Then one of the men of Israel came and brought among his family members a Midianite woman. This happened in the sight of Moses and all the community of the people of Israel, while they were weeping at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

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.

7 When Phinehas son of Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, saw that, he rose up from among the community and took a spear in his hand.

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,

8 He followed the Israelite man into the tent and thrust the spear through both of their bodies, both the Israelite man and the woman. So a plague that God had sent on the people of Israel stopped.

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.

9 Those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand in number.

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

10 Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

11 “Phinehas son of Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, has turned my rage away from the people of Israel because he was passionate with my zeal among them. So I have not consumed the people of Israel in my fierceness.

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.

12 Therefore say, 'Yahweh says, “Look, I am giving to Phinehas my covenant of peace.

Thus do you say [to him], Behold, I give him a covenant of peace:

13 For him and his descendants after him, it will be a covenant of an everlasting priesthood because he was zealous for me, his God. He has atoned for the people of Israel.”'”

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.

14 Now the name of the Israelite man who was killed with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, a leader of an ancestor's family among the Simeonites.

Now 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.

15 The name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Kozbi daughter of Zur, who was head of a tribe and family in Midian.

And 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.

16 So Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the children of Israel, saying,

17 “Treat the Midianites as enemies and attack them,

Plague the Madianites as enemies, and strike them,

18 for they treated you like enemies with their deceitfulness. They led you into evil in the case of Peor and in the case of their sister Kozbi, the daughter of a leader in Midian, who was killed on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor.”

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 struck in the day of the plague because of Phogor.