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Numbers 25

Numbers 25:14

The Zeal of Phinehas · Numbers 25:6–18
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Translations

Modern
The name of the Israelite who was slain with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family.
Traditional
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.
Literal
And the name of the man of Israel who was killed, who was killed with the Midianitess, was Zimri son of Salu, a leader of a house of a father of the Simeonite.
Latin
Erat autem nomen viri Israëlitæ, qui occisus est cum Madianitide, Zambri filius Salu, dux de cognatione et tribu Simeonis.

Original

Hebrew
English
The name of the Israelite who was slain with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family.

Notes

Numbers 25:1–18

Israel was camped across the Jordan River from Jericho. They were almost ready to enter the land and begin the conquest. However, at this important moment, they fell into serious sin.

Balaam advised Israel’s enemies to lead the people into sexual immorality and idolatry at Baal-peor (31:16).

He could not harm Israel with a curse, so he chose another way. He led them into sin through lust and the worship of false gods.

The early church faced similar temptations. Believers were warned about idolatry and sexual immorality (1 Corinthians 10:6, 11).

Theme notes and profiles

Balaam Eleazar Holy War

People

Salu: Father of Zimri, a Simeonite prince Simeon: Son of Jacob and Leah, one of the twelve tribes Zimri: Simeonite prince, killed in the Baal-Peor incident

Places

Midian: A nation descended from Abraham; oppressed Israel in the time of the judges

Glossary

Areli, Arelite Balaam Deuteronomy, Book of Idols, Idolatry Joshua, Book of Midian, Midianite Moab, Moabites Numbers, Book of Salu Shittim (Place) Zimri (Person)

Topics

Fear of God: Phinehas, in Turning Away the Anger of God at the Time of the Plague Israel: Divided Into Families, Each of Which had a Chief Israel: Punished by a Plague in Consequence, Twenty-Four Thousand People Die Phinehas: Religious Zeal of, in Killing the Israelitish Woman Who had Committed Abomination the Tribe of Simeon: Plagued for Following the Idolatry, of Midian, Which Accounts Zimri: A Chief of Simeon