Numbers 25:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he shall have it, and his descendants after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָ֤יְתָה לּוֹ֙ וּלְזַרְע֣וֹ אַחֲרָ֔יו בְּרִ֖ית כְּהֻנַּ֣ת עוֹלָ֑ם תַּ֗חַת אֲשֶׁ֤ר קִנֵּא֙ לֵֽאלֹהָ֔יו וַיְכַפֵּ֖ר עַל־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

wə-hāyəṯāh to-him and-to-zarʿô after-him bərîṯ kəhunnaṯ ʿôlām taḥaṯ that qinnēʾ for-ʾĕlōhāyw wə-yəḵappēr for-bənê yiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

• *wə-hāyəṯāh*: conjunction + Qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - and it shall be
• *zarʿô*: common noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix and preposition - and to his seed/offspring
• *bərîṯ*: common noun, feminine singular construct - covenant of
• *kəhunnaṯ*: common noun, feminine singular construct - priesthood of
• *ʿôlām*: common noun, masculine singular - everlasting/forever
• *taḥaṯ*: preposition - because/in place of
• *qinnēʾ*: Piel perfect 3rd masculine singular - was zealous
• *ʾĕlōhāyw*: common noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix and preposition - for his God
• *wə-yəḵappēr*: conjunction + Piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and made atonement
• *bənê*: common noun, masculine plural construct - sons/children of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel

Word Meanings

• *zarʿô*: his seed/his offspring/his descendants
• *bərîṯ kəhunnaṯ ʿôlām*: covenant of everlasting priesthood/eternal priestly covenant
• *taḥaṯ*: because/in return for/instead of
• *qinnēʾ*: was zealous/was jealous/was passionate
• *yəḵappēr*: made atonement/made propitiation/made reconciliation

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  'It will be a covenant of an everlasting priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  and it shall be unto him, and to his seed{H2233} after{H310} him, the covenant{H1285} of an everlasting{H5769} priesthood;{H3550} because{H834} he was jealous{H7065} for his God,{H430} and made atonement{H3722} for the children{H1121} of Israel.{H3478}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he shall have it, and his seed{H2233} after{H310} him, even the covenant{H1285} of an everlasting{H5769} priesthood{H3550}; because{H834} he was zealous{H7065}{(H8765)} for his God{H430}, and made an atonement{H3722}{(H8762)} for the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  and he shall haue it and his seed after him euen the couenaunte of the preastis office for euer because he was gelous for his Gods sake and made an atonement for the childern of Israel.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and he shal haue it, & his sede after him, eue the couenaunt of an euerlastinge presthode, because he was gelous for his Gods sake, and made an attonement for the children of Israel.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And he shal haue it, and his seede after him, euen the couenant of the priestes office for euer, because he was zealous for his God, & hath made an atonement for the children of Israel.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he shall haue it, and his seede after hym, euen the couenaunt of the priestes office for euer, because he was zelous for his Gods sake, and made an attonement for the chyldren of Israel.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and it shall be to him, and to 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.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and it hath been to him and to his seed after him a covenant of a priesthood age-during, because that he hath been zealous for his God, and doth make atonement for the sons of Israel.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and it shall be unto him, and to 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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and it shall be unto him, and to 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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And by this agreement, he and his sons after him have the right to be priests for ever; because, by his care for the honour of his God, he took away the sin of the children of Israel.

• World English Bible (2000)

  and it shall be to him, and to 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.'"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So it will be to him and his descendants after him a covenant of a permanent priesthood, because he has been zealous for his God, and has made atonement for the Israelites.’”

Referenced Verses

• Exod 40:15 : 15 And you shall anoint them, as you did anoint their father, that they may minister to me in the priest's office, for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.
• Jer 33:18 : 18 Neither shall the priests, the Levites, lack a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle grain offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.
• Jer 33:22 : 22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, nor the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the descendants of David my servant, and the Levites that minister to me.
• 1 Chr 6:4-9 : 4 Eleazar fathered Phinehas, and Phinehas fathered Abishua, 5 And Abishua fathered Bukki, and Bukki fathered Uzzi, 6 And Uzzi fathered Zerahiah, and Zerahiah fathered Meraioth, 7 Meraioth fathered Amariah, and Amariah fathered Ahitub, 8 And Ahitub fathered Zadok, and Zadok fathered Ahimaaz, 9 And Ahimaaz fathered Azariah, and Azariah fathered Johanan, 10 And Johanan fathered Azariah, (he is the one who ministered as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:) 11 And Azariah fathered Amariah, and Amariah fathered Ahitub, 12 And Ahitub fathered Zadok, and Zadok fathered Shallum, 13 And Shallum fathered Hilkiah, and Hilkiah fathered Azariah, 14 And Azariah fathered Seraiah, and Seraiah fathered Jehozadak, 15 And Jehozadak went into captivity when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
• Ps 106:31 : 31 And that was accounted unto him for righteousness unto all generations forevermore.
• Ps 119:139 : 139 My zeal has consumed me, because my enemies have forgotten Your words.
• Isa 61:6 : 6 But you shall be named the Priests of the Lord; men shall call you the Ministers of our God; you shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory you shall boast.
• 1 Chr 6:50-53 : 50 And these are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, 51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, 52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, 53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
• Ps 69:9 : 9 For the zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproached you have fallen on me.
• Exod 29:9 : 9 And you shall gird them with sashes, Aaron and his sons, and put hats on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs by a perpetual statute: thus you shall consecrate Aaron and his sons.
• Exod 32:30 : 30 It came to pass on the next day, that Moses said to the people, "You have committed a great sin. Now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin."
• John 2:17 : 17 Then his disciples remembered that it was written, Zeal for your house has consumed me.
• Acts 22:3-5 : 3 I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of our fathers, and was zealous toward God, as you all are today. 4 And I persecuted this way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. 5 As also the high priest bears me witness, and all the council of the elders, from whom I also received letters to the brothers, and went to Damascus to bring those who were there bound to Jerusalem, to be punished.
• Rom 10:2-4 : 2 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For being ignorant of God's righteousness and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted to the righteousness of God. 4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
• Heb 2:17 : 17 Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
• Heb 7:11 : 11 If therefore perfection were through the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
• Heb 7:17-18 : 17 For he testifies, You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. 18 For there is indeed a setting aside of the former commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness.
• 1 Pet 2:5 : 5 You also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
• 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
• 1 John 2:2 : 2 And he is the atonement for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
• Rev 1:6 : 6 And has made us kings and priests to God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
• Num 16:46 : 46 And Moses said to Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire in it from the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly to the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague has begun.
• Josh 7:12 : 12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you anymore, except you destroy the accursed from among you.
• 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 Therefore the LORD God of Israel says, I did indeed say that your house, and the house of your father, should walk before me forever: but now the LORD says, Be it far from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
• 2 Sam 21:3 : 3 Therefore David said to the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? And how shall I make atonement, that you may bless the inheritance of the LORD?
• 1 Kgs 2:27 : 27 So Solomon removed Abiathar from being priest to the Lord, that he might fulfill the word of the Lord which He spoke concerning the house of Eli at Shiloh.
• 1 Kgs 19:10 : 10 And he said, I have been very zealous for the LORD God of hosts, for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.
• 1 Kgs 19:14 : 14 And he said, I have been very zealous for the LORD God of hosts, because the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.