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.

1 While Israel remained at Shittim, the people indulged in sexual immorality with the Moabite women.2 The Moabites invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods. The people ate and bowed down to their gods.3 So Israel joined itself to Baal of Peor. Jehovah was angry against Israel.4 Jehovah said to Moses: »Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before Jehovah so that the fierce anger of Jehovah may turn away from Israel.«5 Moses said to the judges of Israel: »Each of you put to death those men who have joined in worshiping Baal of Peor.«6 One of the Israelite men brought a Midianite woman to his brothers. He did this right in front of Moses and the entire congregation of Israel while they were crying at the entrance to the tent of meeting.7 Phinehas, son of Eleazar and grandson of the priest Aaron, saw this. He left the assembly and grabbed a spear in his hand.8 He went into the tent after the Israelite man. He drove the spear through the man and into the woman’s body. Because of this, the plague that the Israelites were experiencing stopped.9 Twenty-four thousand people died from that plague.10 Jehovah continued speaking to Moses:11 Jehovah said to Moses: »Phinehas, son of Eleazar and grandson of the priest Aaron, turned my fury away from the Israelites. Since he stood up for me, I did not have to stand up for myself and destroy them.12 »Tell Phinehas that I now make a promise of peace to him.13 »My promise is that he and his descendants will be priests for a very long time because he stood up for his God. He made peace with Jehovah for the Israelites.«14 The name of the Israelite man who was killed with the Midianite woman was Zimri, son of Salu. Salu was the leader of a family from Simeon.15 The name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi, daughter of Zur. Zur was the head of a family from the Midianite tribes.16 Jehovah said to Moses:17 »Treat the Midianites as your enemies, and kill them!18 »This is because they treated you as enemies. They plotted to trick you in the incident that took place at Peor. They used their sister Cozbi, daughter of a Midianite leader, who was killed on the day of the plague caused by the incident at Peor.«