Og Israel bodde i Shittim, og folket begynte å drive utukt med Moabs døtre.

And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

De innbød folket til ofringene for deres guder, og folket spiste og bøyde seg for deres guder.

And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.

Israel knyttet seg til Ba'al-Peor, og Herrens vrede flammet opp mot Israel.

And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.

Og Herren sa til Moses: Ta alle lederne blant folket og heng dem opp foran Herren, mot solen, slik at Herrens brennende vrede kan vendes bort fra Israel.

And the LORD said unto 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.

Moses sa til dommerne i Israel: Drep hver og én av deres menn som har knyttet seg til Ba'al-Peor.

And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal-peor.

Se, en av Israels barn kom og tok med seg en midjanittisk kvinne i nærvær av Moses og hele menigheten av Israels barn, som gråt ved inngangen til sammenkomstens telt.

And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren 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.

Da Phinehas, sønn av Eleazar, sønn av presten Aron, så dette, reiste han seg fra forsamlingen og tok et spyd i hånden.

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;

Han fulgte etter israelitten inn i teltet og stakk begge, israelitten og kvinnen, gjennom magen. Så stanset pesten blant Israels barn.

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.

De som døde i pesten var tjuefire tusen.

And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.

Og Herren talte til Moses, og sa:

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Phinehas, Eleazars sønn, Arons prests sønn, har vendt min vrede bort fra Israels barn, fordi han var nidkjær for min skyld blant dem, så jeg ikke ødela Israels barn i min nidkjærhet.

Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath 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.

Derfor skal du si: Se, jeg gir ham min fredspakt.

Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:

Og han skal ha den, og hans etterkommere etter ham, som en evigvarende prestepakt, fordi han var nidkjær for sin Gud og gjorde soning for Israels barn.

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.

Navnet på israelitten som ble drept sammen med den midjanittiske kvinnen, var Simri, Salus sønn, en prins i en familie blant simeonittene.

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.

Og navnet på den midjanittiske kvinnen som ble drept, var Kosbi, datter av Sur. Han var leder for et folk og for en familie i Midjan.

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.

Og Herren talte til Moses, og sa:

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Plag midjanittene og slå dem ned;

Vex the Midianites, and smite them:

For de har plaget dere med sine narrespill, ved å lede dere vill i Peors sak, og i saken med Kosbi, datteren til en leder i Midjan, som var deres søster, og som ble drept på dagen for pesten på grunn av Peor.

For they vex 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, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.