Numbers 25:11

⁹ And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.

¹⁰ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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.

¹² Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:

¹³ 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.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: “Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned My wrath away from the Israelites; for he was zealous for My sake among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in My zeal.
KJV: 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.
WEB: “Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I didn’t consume the children of Israel in my jealousy.
ASV: Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
DARBY: Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
BLB: “Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned back My wrath from the sons of Israel, because he was zealous with My zeal in their midst, so that I did not consume the sons of Israel in My zeal.

ÅB: Pinehas, sønn av Eleasar og sønnesønn av Aron, presten, har avvendt min vrede fra Israels barn, fordi han brant av min nidkjærhet iblant dem, så jeg ikke gjorde ende på Israels barn i min nidkjærhet.
OTB: "Pinehas, sønn av Eleasar, sønn av presten Aron, har vendt min vrede bort fra israelittene, for han var nidkjær som jeg blant dem, så jeg ikke ødela israelittene i min nidkjærhet.
B1930: Pinehas, sønn av Eleasar og sønnesønn av Aron, presten, har avvendt min vrede fra Israels barn, fordi han brente av min nidkjærhet iblandt dem, så jeg ikke gjorde ende på Israels barn i min nidkjærhet.

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Original text and word study

Cross references

Deuteronomy 32:16
They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.
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Deuteronomy 32:21
They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
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Psalms 78:58
For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
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1 Kings 14:22
And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.
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2 Corinthians 11:2
For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
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Zephaniah 3:8
Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
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Exodus 20:5
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
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1 Corinthians 10:22
Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
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