1 And Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to commit fornication with the daughters of Moab.
2 And they invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods; and the people ate, and bowed down to their gods.
3 And Israel joined himself to Baal-Peor; and the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel.
4 And Jehovah said to Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up to Jehovah before the sun, that the fierce anger of Jehovah may be turned away from Israel.
5 And Moses said to the judges of Israel, Slay every one his men that have joined themselves to Baal-Peor.
6 And behold, a man of the children of Israel came and brought a Midianitish woman to his brethren, in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of the whole assembly of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the entrance of the tent of meeting.
7 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, and rose up from among the assembly, and took a javelin in his hand,
8 and he went after the man of Israel into the tent-chamber, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel and the woman through her belly. And the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
9 And those that died in the plague were twenty-four thousand.
10 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
12 Therefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace!
13 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.
14 And the name of the man of Israel that was slain, who was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, the prince of a father's house of the Simeonites.
15 And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was tribal head of a father's house in Midian.
16 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
17 Harass the Midianites, and smite them,
18 for they have harassed you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague because of the matter of Peor.
1 Habitando Israel em Sitim, o povo começou a fornicar com as filhas de Moabe;
2 Elas convidaram o povo aos sacrifícios dos seus deuses, e o povo comeu, e adorou aos deuses delas.
3 Juntando-se Israel a Baal de Peor, acendeu-se a ira de Jeová contra Israel.
4 Disse Jeová a Moisés: Toma todos os cabeças do povo, e executa-os na presença de Jeová diante do sol, para que o furor de Jeová se aparte de Israel.
5 Então disse Moisés aos juízes de Israel: Mate cada um aos seus homens que se ajuntaram a Baal de Peor.
6 Eis que um dos filhos de Israel veio e trouxe aos seus irmãos uma mulher midianita à vista de Moisés e à vista de toda a congregação dos filhos de Israel, enquanto choravam à entrada da tenda da revelação.
7 Vendo isso Finéias, filho de Eleazar, filho do sacerdote Arão, levantou-se do meio da congregação, e tomou uma lança na mão;
8 e, tendo entrado após o israelita na tenda, atravessou-os a ambos, ao israelita, e à mulher pelo ventre. Assim cessou a praga de sobre os filhos de Israel.
9 Os que morreram da praga foram vinte e quatro mil.
10 Então disse Jeová a Moisés:
11 Finéias, filho de Eleazar, filho do sacerdote Arão, apartou a minha ira dos filhos de Israel, porque estava animado com o meu zelo entre eles, de sorte que no meu zelo eu não consumisse os filhos de Israel.
12 Portanto, dize: Eis que eu lhe dou a minha aliança da paz;
13 ele, e a sua semente depois dele, terá a aliança dum sacerdócio perpétuo; porque foi zeloso pelo seu Deus, e fez expiação pelos filhos de Israel.
14 O nome do israelita morto, que foi morto com a mulher midianita, era Zimri, filho de Salu, príncipe da casa de seu pai entre os simeonitas.
15 O nome da mulher midianita que foi morta, era Cosbi, filha de Zur. Ele era cabeça do povo duma casa paterna em Midiã.
16 Disse mais Jeová a Moisés:
17 Afligi aos midianitas, e feri-os,
18 porque vos afligiram com as suas ciladas, que enganosamente planejaram contra vós no tocante a Peor, e no tocante a Cosbi, sua irmã, filha do príncipe de Midiã, a qual foi morta no dia da praga no caso de Peor.