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Numbers 25 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Israel Sacrifices to Baal

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And Israel remained at Shittim, and the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:2 - Indeed they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:3 - So Israel joined themselves to [fn]Baal of Peor, and the anger of Yahweh burned against Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:4 - And Yahweh said to Moses, “Take all who are the heads of the people and execute them [fn]in broad daylight before Yahweh, so that the burning anger of Yahweh may turn away from Israel.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:5 - So Moses said to the judges of Israel, “Each of you kill his men who have joined themselves to [fn]Baal of Peor.”
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Then behold, one of the sons of Israel came and brought near to his brothers a Midianite woman, in the sight of Moses and in the sight of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, while they were weeping at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:7 - And Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, so he arose from the midst of the congregation and took a spear in his hand,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:8 - and he went after the man of Israel into the [fn]tent and pierced both of them through, the man of Israel and the woman, through the [fn]body. Then the plague on the sons of Israel was checked.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:9 - So those who died by the plague were 24,000.

The Jealousy of Phinehas

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Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:11 - “Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned away My wrath from the sons of Israel in that he was jealous with My jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the sons of Israel in My jealousy.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:12 - “Therefore say, ‘Behold, I give him My covenant of peace;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:13 - and it shall be for him and his seed after him, a covenant of a perpetual priesthood, because he was jealous for his God and made atonement for the sons of Israel.’”
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Now the name of the [fn]slain man of Israel who was [fn]slain with the Midianite woman, was Zimri the son of Salu, a leader of a father’s household among the Simeonites.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:15 - And the name of the Midianite woman, who was struck down, was Cozbi the daughter of Zur, [fn]who was head of the people of a father’s household in Midian.
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Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:17 - “Be hostile to the Midianites and strike them,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:18 - for they have been hostile to you with their deceptive tricks, with which they have deceived you in the affair of Peor and in the affair of Cozbi, the daughter of the leader of Midian, their sister who was slain on the day of the plague because of Peor.”
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Or Baal-peor
Or Baal-peor
Or Baal-peor
Lit in front of the sun
Lit in front of the sun
Lit in front of the sun
Or Baal-peor
Or Baal-peor
Or Baal-peor
Or inner rooms
Or belly
Or inner rooms
Or belly
Or inner rooms
Or belly
Lit smitten
Lit smitten
Lit smitten
Lit smitten
Lit smitten
Lit smitten
Lit he
Lit he
Lit he
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