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Numbers 25:1-9

1AndIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478abodeinShittimבַּשִּׁטִּ֑יםba.shi.TimH7851;andthepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971beganH2490toplayH2181theharlotwiththedaughtersבְּנ֥וֹתbe.NotH1323ofMoabמוֹאָֽב׃mo.'AvH4124:

2fortheycalledH7121thepeopleלָעָ֔םla.'AmH5971untothesacrificesH2077oftheirgodsאֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ן'e.lo.hei.HenH430;andthepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971dideatH398,andbowedH7812downוַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּ֖וּvai.yish.ta.cha.VuH7812totheirgodsלֵֽאלֹהֵיהֶֽן׃Le.lo.hei.HenH430.

3AndIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478joinedוַיִּצָּ֥מֶדvai.yi.Tza.medH6775himself untoBaal-peorH1187:andtheangerאַ֥ף'afH639ofJehovahwaskindledagainstIsraelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃be.Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

4AndJehovahsaidH559untoMosesמֹשֶׁ֗הmo.ShehH4872,Takeקַ֚חkachH3947allthechiefsH7218ofthepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971,andhangthemupuntoJehovahbeforethesunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121,thatthefierceangerאַף־'af-H639ofJehovahmayturnוְיָשֹׁ֛בve.ya.ShoH7725awayH7725fromIsraelמִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃mi.Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

5AndMosesמֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehH4872saidH559untothejudgesH8199ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478,SlayH2026yeeveryoneH376hismenH376thathavejoinedהַנִּצְמָדִ֖יםha.nitz.ma.DimH6775themselves untoBaal-peorH1187.

6And,behold,oneH376ofthechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֜לYis.ra.'ElH3478cameH935andbroughtH935untohisbrethrenaMidianitishwomanהַמִּדְיָנִ֔יתha.mid.ya.NitH4084inthesightofMosesמֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehH4872,andinthesightofallthecongregationעֲדַ֣ת'a.DatH5712ofthechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478,whiletheywereweepingבֹכִ֔יםvo.KhimH1058atthedoorH6607ofthetentאֹ֥הֶל'O.helH168ofmeetingמוֹעֵֽד׃mo.'EdH4150.

7AndwhenPhinehasפִּֽינְחָס֙pi.ne.ChasH6372,thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofEleazarאֶלְעָזָ֔ר'el.'a.ZarH499,thesonבֶּֽן־ben-H1121ofAaronאַהֲרֹ֖ן'a.ha.RonH175thepriestהַכֹּהֵ֑ןha.ko.HenH3548,sawH7200it,heroseH6965upfromthemidstH8432ofthecongregationהָֽעֵדָ֔הha.'e.DahH5712,andtookH3947aspearרֹ֖מַחRo.machH7420inhishandבְּיָדֽוֹ׃be.ya.DoH3027;

8andhewentH935afterthemanאִֽישׁ־'ish-H376ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֜לYis.ra.'ElH3478intothepavilion,andthrustbothofthemthrough,themanאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,andthewomanהָאִשָּׁ֖הha.'i.ShahH802throughherbody.Sotheplagueהַמַּגֵּפָ֔הha.ma.ge.FahH4046wasstayedfromthechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

9AndthosethatdiedH4191bytheplagueבַּמַּגֵּפָ֑הba.ma.ge.FahH4046wereH1961twentyוְעֶשְׂרִ֖יםve.'es.RimH6242andfourאַרְבָּעָ֥ה'ar.ba.'AhH702thousandאָֽלֶף׃ פ'A.lefH505.

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