12 Therefore say, (A)‘Behold, I give to him My (B)covenant of peace; 13 and it shall be to him and (C)his descendants after him a covenant of (D)an everlasting priesthood, because he was (E)zealous for his God, and (F)made [a]atonement for the children of Israel.’ ”

14 Now the name of the Israelite who was killed, who was killed with the Midianite woman, was Zimri the son of Salu, a leader of a father’s house among the Simeonites.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 25:13 Lit. covering

12 Therefore tell him I am making my covenant of peace(A) with him. 13 He and his descendants will have a covenant of a lasting priesthood,(B) because he was zealous(C) for the honor(D) of his God and made atonement(E) for the Israelites.”(F)

14 The name of the Israelite who was killed with the Midianite woman(G) was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family.(H)

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