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4 Mose 25
Hoffnung für Alle
4 Mose 25
Hoffnung für Alle
Die Moabiter und Midianiter verleiten Israel zum Götzendienst
25 Als die Israeliten in Schittim lagerten, ließen sie sich mit moabitischen Frauen ein. 2-3 Sie wurden von ihnen zu Opferfesten eingeladen, aßen dort das Fleisch der Opfertiere und beteten Baal-Peor an, den Gott der Moabiter. Ganz Israel verehrte ihn und warf sich vor ihm nieder. Da wurde der Herr zornig auf sein Volk. 4 Er sprach zu Mose: »Nimm die Anführer des Volkes gefangen und häng sie am helllichten Tag auf! Nur so könnt ihr meinen glühenden Zorn von euch abwenden.« 5 Mose befahl den Richtern Israels: »Tötet jeden von euren Leuten, der Baal-Peor als seinen Gott verehrt hat!«
6 Das Volk hatte sich inzwischen bei Mose vor dem heiligen Zelt versammelt. Alle weinten und klagten. Da kam ein Israelit mit einer midianitischen Frau ins Lager. Vor aller Augen brachte er sie zu den Zelten seiner Sippe. 7 Als Pinhas, der Sohn von Eleasar und Enkel des Priesters Aaron, das sah, stand er auf, verließ die versammelte Menge und nahm sich eine Lanze. 8 Er folgte den beiden in den hinteren Teil des Zeltes, in dem sie verschwunden waren; dort stieß er ihnen die Lanze durch den Unterleib. Da griff die Seuche nicht mehr weiter um sich, die unter den Israeliten ausgebrochen war. 9 24.000 Menschen waren bereits tot.
10 Der Herr sprach zu Mose: 11 »Pinhas, der Sohn von Eleasar und Enkel des Priesters Aaron, hat meine Strafe von den Israeliten abgewendet. Er hat sich mit aller Kraft für mich eingesetzt und so verhindert, dass ich die Israeliten in meinem Zorn vernichte. 12 Darum richte ihm aus: Ich will einen Bund mit ihm schließen und ihm meinen Frieden gewähren. 13 Er und seine Nachkommen sollen für immer meine Priester sein. Das verspreche ich ihm, weil er sich für mich, seinen Gott, eingesetzt und das Volk Israel mit mir versöhnt hat.«
14 Der Israelit, der zusammen mit der Midianiterin getötet worden war, hieß Simri. Er war ein Sohn von Salu und das Oberhaupt einer Sippe vom Stamm Simeon. 15 Die Frau hieß Kosbi und war eine Tochter von Zur, dem Oberhaupt einer midianitischen Sippe.
16 Der Herr befahl Mose: 17 »Greift die Midianiter an und vernichtet sie! 18 Sie haben euch heimtückisch in die Falle gelockt mit ihrem Götzen Peor und ihrer Fürstentochter Kosbi, die getötet wurde, als ich euch wegen Peor ausrotten wollte.«
Weitere Anweisungen und Gesetze (Kapitel 26–30)
Die Israeliten werden zum zweiten Mal gezählt
19 Als die Seuche vorüber war,
Numbers 25
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Numbers 25
New King James Version
Israel’s Harlotry in Moab
25 Now Israel remained in (A)Acacia Grove,[a] and the (B)people began to commit harlotry with the women of Moab. 2 (C)They invited the people to (D)the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and (E)bowed down to their gods. 3 So Israel was joined to Baal of Peor, and (F)the anger of the Lord was aroused against Israel.
4 Then the Lord said to Moses, (G)“Take all the leaders of the people and hang the offenders before the Lord, out in the sun, (H)that the fierce anger of the Lord may turn away from Israel.”
5 So Moses said to (I)the judges of Israel, (J)“Every one of you kill his men who were joined to Baal of Peor.”
6 And indeed, one of the children of Israel came and presented to his brethren a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, (K)who were weeping at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. 7 Now (L)when Phinehas (M)the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose 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 of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So (N)the plague was (O)stopped among the children of Israel. 9 And (P)those who died in the plague were twenty-four thousand.
10 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 11 (Q)“Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned back My wrath from the children of Israel, because he was zealous with My zeal among them, so that I did not consume the children of Israel in (R)My zeal. 12 Therefore say, (S)‘Behold, I give to him My (T)covenant of peace; 13 and it shall be to him and (U)his descendants after him a covenant of (V)an everlasting priesthood, because he was (W)zealous for his God, and (X)made [b]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. 15 And the name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi the daughter of (Y)Zur; he was head of the people of a father’s house in Midian.
16 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 17 (Z)“Harass the Midianites, and [c]attack them; 18 for they harassed you with their (AA)schemes[d] by which they seduced you in the matter of Peor and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a leader of Midian, their sister, who was killed in the day of the plague because of Peor.”
Footnotes
- Numbers 25:1 Heb. Shittim
- Numbers 25:13 Lit. covering
- Numbers 25:17 be hostile toward
- Numbers 25:18 tricks
Numbers 25
New International Version
Numbers 25
New International Version
Moab Seduces Israel
25 While Israel was staying in Shittim,(A) the men began to indulge in sexual immorality(B) with Moabite(C) women,(D) 2 who invited them to the sacrifices(E) to their gods.(F) The people ate the sacrificial meal and bowed down before these gods. 3 So Israel yoked themselves to(G) the Baal of Peor.(H) And the Lord’s anger burned against them.
4 The Lord said to Moses, “Take all the leaders(I) of these people, kill them and expose(J) them in broad daylight before the Lord,(K) so that the Lord’s fierce anger(L) may turn away from Israel.”
5 So Moses said to Israel’s judges, “Each of you must put to death(M) those of your people who have yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor.”(N)
6 Then an Israelite man brought into the camp a Midianite(O) woman right before the eyes of Moses and the whole assembly of Israel while they were weeping(P) at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 7 When Phinehas(Q) son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, saw this, he left the assembly, took a spear(R) in his hand 8 and followed the Israelite into the tent. He drove the spear into both of them, right through the Israelite man and into the woman’s stomach. Then the plague against the Israelites was stopped;(S) 9 but those who died in the plague(T) numbered 24,000.(U)
10 The Lord said to Moses, 11 “Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, has turned my anger away from the Israelites.(V) Since he was as zealous for my honor(W) among them as I am, I did not put an end to them in my zeal. 12 Therefore tell him I am making my covenant of peace(X) with him. 13 He and his descendants will have a covenant of a lasting priesthood,(Y) because he was zealous(Z) for the honor(AA) of his God and made atonement(AB) for the Israelites.”(AC)
14 The name of the Israelite who was killed with the Midianite woman(AD) was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family.(AE) 15 And the name of the Midianite woman who was put to death was Kozbi(AF) daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.(AG)
16 The Lord said to Moses,(AH) 17 “Treat the Midianites(AI) as enemies(AJ) and kill them.(AK) 18 They treated you as enemies when they deceived you in the Peor incident(AL) involving their sister Kozbi, the daughter of a Midianite leader, the woman who was killed when the plague came as a result of that incident.”
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