1 Habitando Israel em Sitim, começou o povo a prostituir-se com as filhas dos moabitas. 2 Estas convidaram o povo aos sacrifícios dos seus deuses; e o povo comeu e inclinou-se aos deuses delas. 3 Juntando-se Israel a Baal-Peor, a ira do Senhor se acendeu contra Israel. 4 Disse o Senhor a Moisés: Toma todos os cabeças do povo e enforca-os ao Senhor ao ar livre, e a ardente ira do Senhor se retirará de Israel. 5 Então, Moisés disse aos juízes de Israel: Cada um mate os homens da sua tribo que se juntaram a Baal-Peor.
6 Eis que um homem dos filhos de Israel veio e trouxe a seus irmãos uma midianita perante os olhos de Moisés e de toda a congregação dos filhos de Israel, enquanto eles choravam diante da tenda da congregação. 7 Vendo isso Fineias, filho de Eleazar, o filho de Arão, o sacerdote, levantou-se do meio da congregação, e, pegando uma lança, 8 foi após o homem israelita até ao interior da tenda, e os atravessou, ao homem israelita e à mulher, a ambos pelo ventre; então, a praga cessou de sobre os filhos de Israel. 9 Os que morreram da praga foram vinte e quatro mil. 10 Então, disse o Senhor a Moisés: 11 Fineias, filho de Eleazar, filho de Arão, o sacerdote, desviou a minha ira de sobre os filhos de Israel, pois estava animado com o meu zelo entre eles; de sorte que, no meu zelo, não consumi os filhos de Israel. 12 Portanto, dize: Eis que lhe dou a minha aliança de paz. 13 E ele e a sua descendência depois dele terão a aliança do sacerdócio perpétuo; porquanto teve zelo pelo seu Deus e fez expiação pelos filhos de Israel. 14 O nome do israelita que foi morto (morto com a midianita) era Zinri, filho de Salu, príncipe da casa paterna dos simeonitas. 15 O nome da mulher midianita que foi morta era Cosbi, filha de Zur, cabeça do povo da casa paterna entre os midianitas.
16 Disse mais o Senhor a Moisés: 17 Afligireis os midianitas e os ferireis, 18 porque eles vos afligiram a vós outros quando vos enganaram no caso de Peor e no caso de Cosbi, filha do príncipe dos midianitas, irmã deles, que foi morta no dia da praga no caso de Peor.
1 And Israel stayed in Shittim, and the people began to commit prostitution with the daughters of Moab.
2 And they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
3 And Israel joined himself to Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.
4 And the LORD said to Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.
5 And Moses said to the judges of Israel, Slay you every one his men that were joined to Baalpeor.
6 And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought to his brothers a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;
8 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
9 And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
10 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
12 Why say, Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace:
13 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.
14 Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites.
15 And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.
16 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
17 Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
18 For they vex you with their wiles, with which they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor' sake.