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Chapter 25
Moab Seduces Israel
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While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב בַּשִּׁטִּ֑ים הָעָ֔ם וַיָּ֣חֶל לִזְנ֖וֹת אֶל־ בְּנ֥וֹת מוֹאָֽב׃ yiś·rā·’êl way·yê·šeḇ baš·šiṭ·ṭîm hā·‘ām way·yā·ḥel liz·nō·wṯ ’el- bə·nō·wṯ mō·w·’āḇ — WLC · 1
Καὶ κατέλυσεν Ἰσραὴλ ἐν Σάττειν· καὶ ἐβεβηλώθη ὁ λαὸς ἐκπορνεῦσαι εἰς τὰς Θυγατέρας Μωάβ. — LXX Swete · 1
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who also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to these gods.
וַתִּקְרֶ֣אןָ לָעָ֔ם לְזִבְחֵ֖י אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ן הָעָ֔ם וַיֹּ֣אכַל וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּ֖וּ לֵֽאלֹהֵיהֶֽן׃ wat·tiq·re·nā lā·‘ām lə·ziḇ·ḥê ’ĕ·lō·hê·hen hā·‘ām way·yō·ḵal way·yiš·ta·ḥăw·wū lê·lō·hê·hen — WLC · 2
καὶ ἐκάλεσαν αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ ταῖς θυσίαις τῶν εἰδώλων αὐτῶν, καὶ ἔψαγεν ὁ λαὸς τῶν θυσιῶν αὐτῶν καὶ προσεκύνησαν τοῖς εἰδώλοις αὐτῶν, — LXX Swete · 2
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So Israel joined in worshiping Baal of Peor, and the anger of [[YHWH|the LORD]] burned against [them].
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְבַ֣עַל וַיִּצָּ֥מֶד פְּע֑וֹר אַ֥ף יְהוָ֖ה וַיִּֽחַר־ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ yiś·rā·’êl lə·ḇa·‘al way·yiṣ·ṣā·meḏ pə·‘ō·wr ’ap̄ Yah·weh way·yi·ḥar- bə·yiś·rā·’êl — WLC · 3
καὶ ἐτελέσθη ᾿Ισραὴλ τῷ Βεελφεγώρ· καὶ ὠργίσθη θυμῷ κύριος τῷ ᾿Ισραήλ. — LXX Swete · 3
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Then [[YHWH|the LORD]] said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before [[YHWH|the LORD]], so that [His] fierce anger may turn away from Israel.”
יְהוָ֜ה וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֶל־ מֹשֶׁ֗ה קַ֚ח אֶת־ כָּל־ רָאשֵׁ֣י הָעָ֔ם וְהוֹקַ֥ע אוֹתָ֛ם נֶ֣גֶד הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ לַיהוָ֖ה יְהוָ֖ה חֲר֥וֹן אַף־ וְיָשֹׁ֛ב מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ Yah·weh way·yō·mer ’el- mō·šeh qaḥ ’eṯ- kāl- rā·šê hā·‘ām wə·hō·w·qa‘ ’ō·w·ṯām ne·ḡeḏ haš·šā·meš Yah·weh Yah·weh ḥă·rō·wn ’ap̄- wə·yā·šōḇ mî·yiś·rā·’êl — WLC · 4
καὶ εἶπεν τῷ Μωυσῇ Λάβε πάντας τοὺς ἀρχηγοὺς τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ παρααὐτοὺς Κυρίῳ ἀπέναντι τοῦ ἡλίου, καὶ ἀποστραφήσεται ὀργὴ κυρίου ἀπὸ ᾿Ισραήλ. — LXX Swete · 4
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So Moses… told the judges of Israel, “Each of you must kill all of his men… who have joined in worshiping vvv Baal of Peor.”
מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֶל־ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שֹׁפְטֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל הִרְגוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֲנָשָׁ֔יו הַנִּצְמָדִ֖ים לְבַ֥עַל פְּעֽוֹר׃ mō·šeh ’el- way·yō·mer šō·p̄ə·ṭê yiś·rā·’êl hir·ḡū ’îš ’ă·nā·šāw han·niṣ·mā·ḏîm lə·ḇa·‘al pə·‘ō·wr — WLC · 5
καὶ εἶπεν Μωυσῆς ταῖς φυλαῖς ᾿Ισραήλ Αποκτείνατε ἕκαστος τὸν οἰκεῖον αὐτοῦ τὸν τετελεσμένον τῷ ΒεελΦεγώρ. — LXX Swete · 5
The Zeal of Phinehas
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Just then an Israelite… man vvv brought to his family a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses [and] the whole congregation… of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
וְהִנֵּ֡ה מִבְּנֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל אִישׁ֩ בָּ֗א וַיַּקְרֵ֤ב אֶל־ אֶחָיו֙ אֶת־ הַמִּדְיָנִ֔ית לְעֵינֵ֣י מֹשֶׁ֔ה וּלְעֵינֵ֖י כָּל־ עֲדַ֣ת בְּנֵי־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְהֵ֣מָּה בֹכִ֔ים פֶּ֖תַח אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃ wə·hin·nêh mib·bə·nê yiś·rā·’êl ’îš bā way·yaq·rêḇ ’el- ’e·ḥāw ’eṯ- ham·miḏ·yā·nîṯ lə·‘ê·nê mō·šeh ū·lə·‘ê·nê kāl- ‘ă·ḏaṯ bə·nê- yiś·rā·’êl wə·hêm·māh ḇō·ḵîm pe·ṯaḥ ’ō·hel mō·w·‘êḏ — WLC · 6
καὶ ἰδοὺ ἄνθρωπος τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐλθὼν προσήγαγεν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ πρὸς τὴν Μαδιανεῖτιν ἐναντίον Μωυσῆ καὶ ἔναντι πάσης συναγωγῆς υἱῶν ᾿Ισραήλ, αὐτοὶ δὲ ἔκλαιον παρὰ τὴν θύραν τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου. — LXX Swete · 6
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On seeing this, Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, got up from the assembly, took a spear in his hand,
וַיַּ֗רְא פִּֽינְחָס֙ בֶּן־ אֶלְעָזָ֔ר בֶּֽן־ אַהֲרֹ֖ן הַכֹּהֵ֑ן וַיָּ֙קָם֙ מִתּ֣וֹךְ הָֽעֵדָ֔ה וַיִּקַּ֥ח רֹ֖מַח בְּיָדֽוֹ׃ way·yar pî·nə·ḥās ben- ’el·‘ā·zār ben- ’a·hă·rōn hak·kō·hên way·yā·qām mit·tō·wḵ hā·‘ê·ḏāh way·yiq·qaḥ rō·maḥ bə·yā·ḏōw — WLC · 7
καὶ ἰδὼν Φεινεὲς υἱὸς ᾿Ελεαζὰρ υἱὸς ᾿Ααρὼν τοῦ ἱερέως ἐξανέστη ἐκ μέσου τῆς συναγωγῆς, καὶ λαβὼν σειρομάστην ἐν τῇ χειρὶ — LXX Swete · 7
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followed… the Israelite… into the tent, and drove [the spear] through both of them— vvv through the Israelite and on through the belly of the woman. So the plague against the Israelites… was halted,
וַ֠יָּבֹא אַחַ֨ר יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל אִֽישׁ־ אֶל־ הַקֻּבָּ֗ה וַיִּדְקֹר֙ אֶת־ שְׁנֵיהֶ֔ם אֵ֚ת אִ֣ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְאֶת־ אֶל־ קֳבָתָ֑הּ הָאִשָּׁ֖ה הַמַּגֵּפָ֔ה מֵעַ֖ל בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ וַתֵּֽעָצַר֙ way·yā·ḇō ’a·ḥar yiś·rā·’êl ’îš- ’el- haq·qub·bāh way·yiḏ·qōr ’eṯ- šə·nê·hem ’êṯ ’îš yiś·rā·’êl wə·’eṯ- ’el- qo·ḇā·ṯāh hā·’iš·šāh ham·mag·gê·p̄āh mê·‘al bə·nê yiś·rā·’êl wat·tê·‘ā·ṣar — WLC · 8
εἰσῆλθεν ὀπίσω τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τοῦ ᾿Ισραηλείτου εἰς τὴν κάμινον, καὶ ἀπεκέντησεν ἀμφοτέρους, τόν τε ἄνθρωπον τὸν ᾿Ισραηλείτην καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα διὰ τῆς μήτρας αὐτῆς· καὶ ἐπαύσατο ἡ πληγὴ ἀπὸ υἱῶν ᾿Ισραήλ. — LXX Swete · 8
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- but those who died in the plague numbered 24,000…
וַיִּהְי֕וּ הַמֵּתִ֖ים בַּמַּגֵּפָ֑ה אַרְבָּעָ֥ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים אָֽלֶף׃פ way·yih·yū ham·mê·ṯîm bam·mag·gê·p̄āh ’ar·bā·‘āh wə·‘eś·rîm ’ā·lep̄ — WLC · 9
καὶ ἐγένοντο οἱ τεθνηκότες ἐν τῇ πληγῇ τέσσαρες καὶ εἴκοσι χιλιάδες. — LXX Swete · 9
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Then [[YHWH|the LORD]] said to Moses…,
יְהוָ֖ה וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר אֶל־ מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹֽר׃ Yah·weh way·ḏab·bêr ’el- mō·šeh lê·mōr — WLC · 10
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“Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned My wrath away from the Israelites…; for he was zealous [for My sake] among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites… in My zeal.
פִּֽינְחָ֨ס בֶּן־ אֶלְעָזָ֜ר בֶּן־ אַהֲרֹ֣ן הַכֹּהֵ֗ן הֵשִׁ֤יב אֶת־ חֲמָתִי֙ מֵעַ֣ל בְּנֵֽי־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בְּקַנְא֥וֹ קִנְאָתִ֖י בְּתוֹכָ֑ם אֶת־ וְלֹא־ כִלִּ֥יתִי אֶת־ בְּנֵֽי־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּקִנְאָתִֽי׃ pî·nə·ḥās ben- ’el·‘ā·zār ben- ’a·hă·rōn hak·kō·hên hê·šîḇ ’eṯ- ḥă·mā·ṯî mê·‘al bə·nê- yiś·rā·’êl bə·qan·’ōw qin·’ā·ṯî bə·ṯō·w·ḵām ’eṯ- wə·lō- ḵil·lî·ṯî ’eṯ- bə·nê- yiś·rā·’êl bə·qin·’ā·ṯî — WLC · 11
Φινεὲς υἱὸς ᾿Ελεαζὰρ υἱὸς ᾿Ααρὼν τοῦ ἱερέως κατέπαυσεν τὸν θυμόν μου ἀπὸ υἱῶν ᾿Ισραήλ ἐν τῷ τὸν ζῆλον ἐν αὐτοῖς, καὶ οὐκ ἐξανήλωσα τοὺς υἱοὺς ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐν τῷ ζήλῳ μου. — LXX Swete · 11
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Declare, therefore, that I am granting him My covenant of peace.
אֱמֹ֑ר לָכֵ֖ן הִנְנִ֨י נֹתֵ֥ן ל֛וֹ אֶת־ בְּרִיתִ֖י שָׁלֽוֹם׃ ’ĕ·mōr lā·ḵên hin·nî nō·ṯên lōw ’eṯ- bə·rî·ṯî šā·lō·wm — WLC · 12
οὕτως εἰπόν ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ δίδωμι αὐτῷ διαθήκην εἰρήνης, — LXX Swete · 12
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It will be a covenant of permanent priesthood for him vvv and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites…”
וְהָ֤יְתָה בְּרִ֖ית עוֹלָ֑ם כְּהֻנַּ֣ת לּוֹ֙ אַחֲרָ֔יו וּלְזַרְע֣וֹ תַּ֗חַת אֲשֶׁ֤ר קִנֵּא֙ לֵֽאלֹהָ֔יו וַיְכַפֵּ֖ר עַל־ בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ wə·hā·yə·ṯāh bə·rîṯ ‘ō·w·lām kə·hun·naṯ lōw ’a·ḥă·rāw ū·lə·zar·‘ōw ta·ḥaṯ ’ă·šer qin·nê lê·lō·hāw way·ḵap·pêr ‘al- bə·nê yiś·rā·’êl — WLC · 13
καὶ ἔσται αὐτῶ καὶ τῶ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ μετ’ αὐτὸν διαθήκη ἱερατίας αἰωνία, ἀνθ’ ὧν ἐζήλωσεν τῷ θεῷ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐξιλάσατο περὶ τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ισραήλ. — LXX Swete · 13
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The name vvv of the Israelite who was slain - with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family…
וְשֵׁם֩ אִ֨ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל הַמֻּכֶּ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר הֻכָּה֙ אֶת־ הַמִּדְיָנִ֔ית זִמְרִ֖י בֶּן־ סָל֑וּא נְשִׂ֥יא לַשִּׁמְעֹנִֽי׃ אָ֖ב בֵֽית־ wə·šêm ’îš yiś·rā·’êl ham·muk·keh ’ă·šer huk·kāh ’eṯ- ham·miḏ·yā·nîṯ zim·rî ben- sā·lū nə·śî laš·šim·‘ō·nî ’āḇ ḇêṯ- — WLC · 14
τὸ δὲ ὄνομα τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τοῦ ᾿Ισραηλείτου τοῦ ὅς ἐπλήγη μετὰ τῆς Μαδιανείτιδος, Ζαμβρεί, υἱὸς Σαλμών, οἴκου πατριᾶς τῶν Συμεών· — LXX Swete · 14
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And the name of the slain Midianite woman was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite… family…
וְשֵׁ֨ם הַמֻּכָּ֛ה הַמִּדְיָנִ֖ית הָֽאִשָּׁ֧ה כָּזְבִּ֣י בַת־ צ֑וּר אֻמּ֥וֹת רֹ֣אשׁ בְּמִדְיָ֖ן הֽוּא׃פ אָ֛ב בֵּֽית־ wə·šêm ham·muk·kāh ham·miḏ·yā·nîṯ hā·’iš·šāh kā·zə·bî ḇaṯ- ṣūr ’um·mō·wṯ rōš bə·miḏ·yān hū ’āḇ bêṯ- — WLC · 15
καὶ ὄνομα τῇ γυναικὶ τῆ είτιδι τῇ πεπληγυίᾳ Χασβεί, θυγάτηρ Σοὺρ ἄρχοντος ἔθνους ᾿Ομμόθ· οἴκου πατριᾶς ἐστιν τῶν Μαδιάν. — LXX Swete · 15
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And [[YHWH|the LORD]]… said to Moses…,
יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־ וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹֽר׃ Yah·weh ’el- way·ḏab·bêr mō·šeh lê·mōr — WLC · 16
καὶ ἐλάλησεν Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν λέγων Λάλησον τοῖς υἱοῖς ᾿Ισραὴλ λέγων — LXX Swete · 16
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“Attack the Midianites and strike them dead -.
צָר֖וֹר אֶת־ הַמִּדְיָנִ֑ים וְהִכִּיתֶ֖ם אוֹתָֽם׃ ṣā·rō·wr ’eṯ- ham·miḏ·yā·nîm wə·hik·kî·ṯem ’ō·w·ṯām — WLC · 17
᾿Εχθραίνετε τοῖς Μαδιηναίοις καὶ πατάξατε αὐτούς, — LXX Swete · 17
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For they assailed you deceitfully when they seduced you in the matter of Peor and their sister Cozbi, the daughter of the Midianite leader, [the woman] who was killed on the day the plague came because of Peor.”
כִּ֣י הֵם֙ צֹרְרִ֥ים לָכֶ֔ם בְּנִכְלֵיהֶ֛ם אֲשֶׁר־ נִכְּל֥וּ לָכֶ֖ם עַל־ דְּבַר־ פְּע֑וֹר וְעַל־ דְּבַ֞ר אֲחֹתָ֔ם כָּזְבִּ֨י בַת־ מִדְיָן֙ נְשִׂ֤יא הַמֻּכָּ֥ה בְיוֹם־ הַמַּגֵּפָ֖ה עַל־ דְּבַר־ פְּעֽוֹר׃ kî hêm ṣō·rə·rîm lā·ḵem bə·niḵ·lê·hem ’ă·šer- nik·kə·lū lā·ḵem ‘al- də·ḇar- pə·‘ō·wr wə·‘al- də·ḇar ’ă·ḥō·ṯām kā·zə·bî ḇaṯ- miḏ·yān nə·śî ham·muk·kāh ḇə·yō·wm- ham·mag·gê·p̄āh ‘al- də·ḇar- pə·‘ō·wr — WLC · 18
ὅτι ἐχθραίνουσιν αὐτοὶ ὑμῖν ἐν δολιότητι, ὅσα; δολιοῦσιν ὑμᾶς διὰ Φογώρ, κα διὰ Χασβεὶ θυγατέρα ἄρχοντος Μαδιὰν ἀδελφὴν αὐτῶν, τὴν πεπληγυῖαν ἐν τῆ ἡμέρᾳ τῆς πληγῆς διὰ Φογώρ. — LXX Swete · 18