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11 “Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, turned away my anger from among the Israelites[a] when he was jealous with my jealousy in their midst, and I did not destroy the Israelites[b] with my jealousy. 12 Therefore say, ‘Behold, I am giving to him my covenant of peace, 13 and it will be for him and his offspring[c] after him a covenant of an eternal priesthood because he was jealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.’”[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 25:11 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  2. Numbers 25:11 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  3. Numbers 25:13 Literally “seed”
  4. Numbers 25:13 Literally “sons/children of Israel”