Numbers 25:13

so shall it prove to be unto him and unto his seed after him, the covenant of our age-abiding priesthood, because he was jealous for his God, and did put a propitiatory-covering over the sons of Israel.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

12Wherefore say,—Behold me! giving unto him my covenant of peace;

14Now, the name of the man of Israel that was smitten, who was smitten with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri son of Salu,—prince of an ancestral house of the Simeonites;

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Cross References

Exodus 32:30And it came to pass, on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye, have sinned a great sin,—Now, therefore, I must go up unto Yahweh, Peradventure, I may make a propitiatory-covering for your sin.

Leviticus 15:15and the priest shall offer them, one as a sin-bearer and the other as an ascending-sacrifice,—so shall the priest put a propitiatory-covering over him, before Yahweh, because of his flux.

Numbers 17:12Then spake the sons of Israel unto Moses saying: Lo! we have breathed our last—we are lost, we are, all, lost:

1 Samuel 2:30Hence, the oracle of Yahweh God of Israel, I, said, that, thy house, and the house of thy father, should go to and fro in my presence, unto times age-abiding: But, now, (is the oracle of Yahweh)—Be it far from me! For, them who honour me, will I honour, but, they who despise me, shall be lightly esteemed.

1 Kings 2:27So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto Yahweh,—to fulfil the word of Yahweh which he spake concerning the household of Eli, in Shiloh.

1 Kings 19:14And he said—Very jealous, have I been, for Yahweh, God of hosts, because the sons of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thine altars, have they thrown down, thy prophets also, have they slain with the sword,—and, I alone, am left, and they rove sought my life, to take it.

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 →

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