1
While
Israel remained at
Shittim, the
people began to
play the
harlot with the
daughters of
Moab.
tw{n.zil ~'['h l,x'Y;w ~yiJiV;B lea'r.fIy b,veY;w ? b'aw{m tw{n.B -l,a
2
For they
invited the
people to the
sacrifices of their
gods, and the
people ate and
bowed down to their
gods.
~'['h l;ka{Y;w !,hyeh{l/a yex.biz.l ~'['l 'na,r.qiT;w ? !,hyeh{lael ].W.W]x;T.viY;w
3
So
Israel joined themselves to
Baal of
Peor, and the
LORD was
angry * against
Israel.
@;a -r;xiY;w rw{[.P l;[;b.l lea'r.fIy d,m'CiY;w ? lea'r.fIy.B h'wh.y
4
The
LORD said to
Moses,
"Take all the
leaders of the
people and
execute them in
broad daylight before the
LORD, so that the
fierce anger of the
LORD may
turn away from
Israel."
yeva'r -l'K -t,a x;q h,v{m -l,a h'wh.y r,ma{Y;w ? b{v'y.w v,m'V;h d,g,n h'why;l ~'tw{a [;qw{h.w ~'['h ? lea'r.fiYim h'wh.y -p;a !w{r]x
5
So
Moses said to the
judges of
Israel,
"Each of you
slay his
men who have
joined themselves to
Baal of
Peor."
vyia .Wg.rih lea'r.fIy yej.p{v -l,a h,v{m r,ma{Y;w ? rw{[.P l;[;b.l ~yid'm.ciN;h wy'v'n]a
6
Then
behold,
one of the
sons of
Israel came and
brought to his
relatives 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.
wy'x,a -l,a ber.q;Y;w a'B lea'r.fIy yen.Bim vyia heNih.w ? t;d][ -l'K yenye[.l.W h,v{m yenye[.l tyin'y.diM;h -t,a ? de[w{m l,h{a x;t,P ~yik{b h'Meh.w lea'r.fIy -yen.B
7
When
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,
!eh{K;h !{r]h;a -n,B r'z'[.l,a -n,B s'x.nyiP a.r;Y;w ? w{d'y.B x;m{r x;QiY;w h'de['h .$w{Tim ~'q'Y;w
8
and he
went after the
man of
Israel into the
tent and
pierced both of them
through, the
man of
Israel and the
woman,
through the
body. So the
plague on the
sons of
Israel was
checked.
r{q.diY;w h'BUQ;h -l,a lea'r.fIy -vyia r;x;a a{b'Y;w ? h'Via'h -t,a.w lea'r.fIy vyia tea ~,hyen.v -t,a ? lea'r.fIy yen.B l;[em h'peG;M;h r;c'[eT;w H't'b\q -l,a
9
Those who
died by the
plague were
24,000 * *.
~yir.f,[.w h'['B.r;a h'peG;M;B ~yiteM;h .Wy.hiY;w ? @,l'a
10
Then the
LORD spoke to
Moses,
saying,
r{maeL h,v{m -l,a h'wh.y reB;d.y;w
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
destroy the
sons of
Israel in My
jealousy.
byiveh !eh{K;h !{r]h;a -n,B r'z'[.l,a -n,B s'x.nyiP ? yit'a.niq -t,a w{a.n;q.B lea'r.fIy -yen.B l;[em yit'm]x -t,a ? lea'r.fIy -yen.B -t,a yityiLik -a{l.w ~'kw{t.B ? yit'a.niq.B
12
"Therefore say,
'Behold, I
give him My
covenant of
peace;
~w{l'v yityir.B -t,a w{l !et{n yin.nih r{m/a !ek'l
13
and it shall be for him and his
descendants after him, a
covenant of a
perpetual priesthood,
because * he was
jealous for his
God and
made atonement for the
sons of
Israel.' "
t;NUh.K tyir.B wy'r]x;a w{[.r;z.l.W w{L h't.y'h.w ? yen.B -l;[ reP;k.y;w wy'h{lael aeNiq r,v]a t;x;T ~'lw{[ ? lea'r.fIy
14
Now the
name of the
slain man of
Israel who was
slain with the
Midianite woman, was
Zimri the
son of
Salu, a
leader of a
father's household among the
Simeonites.
tyin'y.diM;h -t,a h'KUh r,v]a h,KUM;h lea'r.fIy vyia ~ev.w ? yin{[.miV;l b'a -tyeb ayif.n a.Wl's -n,B yir.miz
15
The
name of the
Midianite woman who was
slain was
Cozbi the
daughter of
Zur,
who was
head of the
people of a
father's household in
Midian.
r.Wc -t;b yiB.z'K tyin'y.diM;h h'KUM;h h'Via'h ~ev.w ? a.Wh !'y.dim.B b'a -tyeB tw{MUa va{r
16
Then the
LORD spoke to
Moses,
saying,
r{maeL h,v{m -l,a h'wh.y reB;d.y;w
17
"Be
hostile to the
Midianites and
strike them;
~'tw{a ~,tyiKih.w ~yin'y.diM;h -t,a rw{r'c
18
for they have
been hostile to you with their
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."
.Wl.Kin -r,v]a ~,hyel.kin.B ~,k'l ~eh ~yir.r{c yiK ? yiB.z'K r;b.D -l;[.w rw{[.P -r;b.D -l;[ ~,k'l ? h'peG;M;h -mw{y.b h'KUM;h ~'t{x]a !'y.dim ayif.n -t;b ? rw{[.P -r;b.D -l;[