Mínshùjì 25:14

14 Nà yǔ Mǐdiàn nǚrén yītóng beì shā de Yǐsèliè rén , míng jiào xīn lì , Shìsǎ lù de érzi , shì Xīmiǎn yī gè zōngzú de shǒulǐng .

Mínshùjì 25:14 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 25:14

Now the name of the Israelite that was slain
By Phinehas, as before related:

[even] that was slain with the Midianitish woman;
who was slain also, both together with one thrust:

was Zimri, the son of Sela, a prince of a chief house among the
Simeonites;
or a prince of his father's house, or family; there were five families of the Simeonites, and this man was a prince of one of them, see ( Numbers 26:12 Numbers 26:13 ) though Josephus ^F8, and so the Samaritan Chronicle ^F9, make him to be a prince of the tribe of Simeon. His name is mentioned partly to the reproach of him, and partly for the honour of Phinehas, whose zeal and courage were such, that he feared not to take away the life of a person of such figure, authority, and interest among the people.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 Antiqu. l. 4. c. 6. sect. 10.
F9 Apud Hottinger, Smegma Oriental, l. 1. c. 8. p. 448.

Mínshùjì 25:14 In-Context

12 Yīncǐ , nǐ yào shuō , wǒ jiàng wǒ píngān de yuē cìgĕi tā .

13 Zhè yuē yào gĕi tā hé tāde hòuyì , zuòwéi yǒngyuǎn dàng jìsī zhírèn de yuē . yīn tā wéi shén , yǒu jì xié de xīn , wéi Yǐsèliè rén shú zuì .

14 Nà yǔ Mǐdiàn nǚrén yītóng beì shā de Yǐsèliè rén , míng jiào xīn lì , Shìsǎ lù de érzi , shì Xīmiǎn yī gè zōngzú de shǒulǐng .

15 Nà beì shā de Mǐdiàn nǚrén , míng jiào gē sī bǐ , shì Sūĕr de nǚér . zhè Sūĕr shì Mǐdiàn yī gè zōngzú de shǒulǐng .

16 Yēhéhuá xiǎoyù Móxī shuō ,