Numbers 25
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
2And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
3And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.
4And 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.
5And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baalpeor.
6And, 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.
7And 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;
8And 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.
9And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
10And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
11Phinehas, 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.
12Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:
13And 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.
14Now 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.
15And 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.
16And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
17Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
18For 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.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH347814× in this chapter
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- אֵתʼêthH85312× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- בֵּןbênH112111× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- אֵלʼêlH4138× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30686× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- עַלʻalH59216× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- אִישׁʼîyshH3765× in this chapter
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- מֹשֶׁהMôshehH48725× in this chapter
Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
- נָכָהnâkâhH52215× in this chapter
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
- אָמַרʼâmarH5595× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- בַּעַל פְּעוֹרBaʻal PᵉʻôwrH11874× in this chapter
Baal-Peor, a Moabitish deity
- מִדְיָנִיMidyânîyH40844× in this chapter
a Midjanite or descendant (native) of Midjan
- עַםʻamH59714× in this chapter
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
- בַּתbathH13233× in this chapter
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
- דָּבָרdâbârH16973× in this chapter
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
- מַגֵּפָהmaggêphâhH40463× in this chapter
a pestilence; by analogy, defeat
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4303× in this chapter
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8343× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- אָבʼâbH12× in this chapter
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- בַּיִתbayithH10042× in this chapter
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- בְּרִיתbᵉrîythH12852× in this chapter
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
- דָבַרdâbarH16962× in this chapter
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
- אַהֲרוֹןʼAhărôwnH1752× in this chapter
Aharon, the brother of Moses
- הָיָהhâyâhH19612× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- הֵםhêmH19922× in this chapter
they (only used when emphatic)
- אַחַרʼacharH3102× in this chapter
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
- כֹּהֵןkôhênH35482× in this chapter
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
- כֹּזְבִיKôzᵉbîyH35792× in this chapter
Cozbi, a Midianitess
- כֹּלkôlH36052× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- לָקַחlâqachH39472× in this chapter
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
- מִדְיָןMidyânH40802× in this chapter
Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants
- אֶלְעָזָרʼElʻâzârH4992× in this chapter
Elazar, the name of seven Israelites
- נָשִׂיאnâsîyʼH53872× in this chapter
properly, an exalted one, i.e. a king or sheik; also a rising mist
- עֵדָהʻêdâhH57122× in this chapter
a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
- עַיִןʻayinH58692× in this chapter
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
- פִּינְחָסPîynᵉchâçH63722× in this chapter
Pinechas, the name of three Israelites
- אַףʼaphH6392× in this chapter
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
- פְּעוֹרPᵉʻôwrH64652× in this chapter
Peor, a mountain East of Jordan; Baal Peor, (for a deity worshipped there
- צָמַדtsâmadH67752× in this chapter
to link, i.e. gird; figuratively, to serve, (mentally) contrive
- צָרַרtsârarH68872× in this chapter
to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive