Numbers 25:12

Thus do you say to him, Behold, I give him a covenant of peace:

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11Phinees the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest has caused my wrath to cease from the children of Israel, when I was exceedingly jealous + 25:11 Or, with Or, against them. Hebraism among them, and I did not consume the children of Israel in my jealousy.

13and he and his seed after him shall have a perpetual covenant of priesthood, because he was zealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.

Read all of Numbers 25

Cross References

Isaiah 54:10shall the mountains depart, nor shall your hills be removed: so neither shall my mercy fail you, nor shall the covenant of your peace be at all removed: for + 54:10 Alex. κύριος for κύριε adopted here. Compare Mat. 16. 22, with this passage. the Lord who is gracious to you has spoken it.

Malachi 2:4And you⌃ shall know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant might be with the sons of Levi, says the Lord Almighty.

Malachi 3:1+ 3:1 Matt 11:10 Behold, I send forth my messenger, and he shall survey the way before me: and the Lord, whom you⌃ seek, shall suddenly come into his temple, even the angel of the covenant, whom you⌃ take pleasure in: behold, he is coming, says the Lord Almighty.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 25:7-16

The Zeal of Phinehas. ( b. c. 1452.) 6 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. 7 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; 8 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Numbers 25:12