Liber Numeri 25

1 morabatur autem eo tempore Israhel in Setthim et fornicatus est populus cum filiabus Moab

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

2 quae vocaverunt eos ad sacrificia sua at illi comederunt et adoraverunt deos earum

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

3 initiatusque est Israhel Beelphegor et iratus Dominus

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

4 ait ad Mosen tolle cunctos principes populi et suspende eos contra solem in patibulis ut avertatur furor meus ab Israhel

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.”

5 dixitque Moses ad iudices Israhel occidat unusquisque proximos suos qui initiati sunt Beelphegor

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

6 et ecce unus de filiis Israhel intravit coram fratribus suis ad scortum madianitin vidente Mose et omni turba filiorum Israhel qui flebant ante fores tabernaculi

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.

7 quod cum vidisset Finees filius Eleazari filii Aaron sacerdotis surrexit de medio multitudinis et arrepto pugione

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.

8 ingressus est post virum israhelitem in lupanar et perfodit ambos simul virum scilicet et mulierem in locis genitalibus cessavitque plaga a filiis Israhel

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.

9 et occisi sunt viginti quattuor milia homines

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

10 dixitque Dominus ad Mosen

Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,

11 Finees filius Eleazari filii Aaron sacerdotis avertit iram meam a filiis Israhel quia zelo meo commotus est contra eos ut non ipse delerem filios Israhel in zelo meo

“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.

12 idcirco loquere ad eos ecce do ei pacem foederis mei

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

13 et erit tam ipsi quam semini illius pactum sacerdotii sempiternum quia zelatus est pro Deo suo et expiavit scelus filiorum Israhel

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.”'”

14 erat autem nomen viri israhelitae qui occisus est cum Madianitide Zambri filius Salu dux de cognatione et tribu Symeonis

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.

15 porro mulier madianitis quae pariter interfecta est vocabatur Chozbi filia Sur principis nobilissimi Madianitarum

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

16 locutusque est Dominus ad Mosen dicens

So Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,

17 hostes vos sentiant Madianitae et percutite eos

“Treat the Midianites as enemies and attack them,

18 quia et ipsi hostiliter egerunt contra vos et decepere insidiis per idolum Phogor et Chozbi filiam ducis Madian sororem suam quae percussa est in die plagae pro sacrilegio Phogor

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.”