New American Standard Bible 1995

Numbers 25:1-9

1While Israel remained at 1Shittim, the people began 2to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab. 2For 3they invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods. 3So 4Israel joined themselves to 5Baal of Peor, and the Lord was angry against Israel. 4The Lord said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute them 6in broad daylight before the Lord, 7so that the fierce anger of the Lord may turn away from Israel.” 5So Moses said to the judges of Israel, “Each of you 8slay his men who have joined themselves to 9Baal of Peor.”

6Then behold, one of the sons of Israel came and brought to his 10relatives a 11Midianite woman, in the sight of Moses and in the sight of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, 12while they were weeping at the doorway of the tent of meeting. 7 13When Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he arose from the midst of the congregation and took a spear in his hand, 8and he went after the man of Israel into the 14tent and pierced both of them through, the man of Israel and the woman, through the 15body. 16So the plague on the sons of Israel was checked. 9 17Those who died by the plague were 24,000.

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Notes

1. Numbers 25:1 Num 33:49; Josh 2:1 ↩
2. Numbers 25:1 Num 31:16; 1 Cor 10:8; Rev 2:14 ↩
3. Numbers 25:2 Ex 34:15; Deut 32:38 ↩
4. Numbers 25:3 Ps 106:28, 29; Hos 9:10 ↩
5. Numbers 25:3 Or Baal-peor ↩
6. Numbers 25:4 Lit in front of the sun ↩
7. Numbers 25:4 Deut 13:17 ↩
8. Numbers 25:5 Ex 32:27 ↩
9. Numbers 25:5 Or Baal-peor ↩
10. Numbers 25:6 Lit brothers ↩
11. Numbers 25:6 Num 22:4 ↩
12. Numbers 25:6 Joel 2:17 ↩
13. Numbers 25:7 Ps 106:30 ↩
14. Numbers 25:8 Or inner rooms ↩
15. Numbers 25:8 Or belly ↩
16. Numbers 25:8 Num 16:46-48 ↩
17. Numbers 25:9 Num 14:37; 16:48-50; 31:16 ↩

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