Numbers 25:12

Complete Jewish Bible

Therefore say, ‘I am giving him my covenant of shalom,

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Therefore say, Behold, I give to him my covenant of shalom:

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

Lexham English Bible
Therefore say, ‘Behold, I am giving to him my covenant of peace,

English Standard Version
Therefore say, ‘Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace,

New Century Version
So tell Phinehas that I am making my peace agreement with him.

New English Translation
Therefore, announce: ‘I am going to give to him my covenant of peace.

Amplified Bible
"Therefore say, 'Behold, I give to Phinehas My covenant of peace.

New American Standard Bible
"Therefore say, 'Behold, I am giving him My covenant of peace;

Geneva Bible (1587)
Wherefore say to him, Beholde, I giue vnto him my couenant of peace,

Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore say, ‘Behold, I give him My covenant of peace;

Contemporary English Version
But instead of punishing them, I forgave them. So because of the loyalty that Phinehas showed, I solemnly promise that he and his descendants will always be my priests."

Darby Translation
Therefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace!

Easy-to-Read Version
Tell Phinehas that I am making a peace agreement with him.

George Lamsa Translation
Therefore I said, Behold, I will give to him my covenant of peace;

Good News Translation
So tell him that I am making a covenant with him that is valid for all time to come.

Christian Standard Bible®
Therefore declare: I grant him my covenant of peace.

Literal Translation
Therefore say, Behold, I give to him My covenant of peace.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Wherfore saye: beholde, I geue him my couenaunt of peace,

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

Bible in Basic English
So say to them that I will make with him an agreement of peace:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Wherfore say: beholde, I geue vnto hym my couenaunt of peace.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Wherefore say: Behold, I give unto him My covenant of peace;

King James Version (1611)
Wherefore say, Behold, I giue vnto him my Couenant of peace.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thus do thou say to him, Behold, I give him a covenant of peace:

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

Berean Standard Bible
Declare, therefore, that I grant him My covenant of peace.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor speke thou to hym, Lo! Y yyue to hym the pees of my couenaunt,

Young's Literal Translation
`Therefore say, Lo, I am giving to him My covenant of peace,

Update Bible Version
Therefore say, Look, I give to him my covenant of peace:

Webster's Bible Translation
Wherefore say, Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace.

World English Bible
Therefore say, Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace:

New King James Version
Therefore say, "Behold, I give to him My covenant of peace;

New Living Translation
Now tell him that I am making my special covenant of peace with him.

New Life Bible
So say to them that I make My agreement of peace with Phinehas.

New Revised Standard
Therefore say, ‘I hereby grant him my covenant of peace.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Wherefore say, - Behold me! giving unto him my covenant of peace;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore say to him: behold I give him the peace of my covenant,

Revised Standard Version
Therefore say, 'Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Therefore say, 'Behold, I give him My covenant of peace;

Contextual Overview

⁶ Just then, in the sight of Moshe and the whole community of Isra'el, as they were weeping at the entrance to the tent of meeting, a man from Isra'el came by, bringing to his family a woman from Midyan. ⁷ (Maftir) When Pinchas the son of El‘azar, the son of Aharon the cohen, saw it, he got up from the middle of the crowd, took a spear in his hand, ⁸ and pursued the man from Isra'el right into the inner part of the tent, where he thrust his spear through both of them — the man from Isra'el and the woman through her stomach. Thus was the plague among the people of Isra'el stopped; ⁹ nevertheless, 24,000 died in the plague. Haftarah Balak: Mikhah (Micah) 5:6(7)– 6:8 B'rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah Balak: 2 Kefa (2 Peter) 2:1–22; Y'hudah (Jude) 11; Revelation 2:14–15 Adonai said to Moshe, "Pinchas the son of El‘azar, the son of Aharon the cohen, has deflected my anger from the people of Isra'el by being as zealous as I am, so that I didn't destroy them in my own zeal. Therefore say, ‘I am giving him my covenant of shalom, making a covenant with him and his descendants after him that the office of cohen will be theirs forever.' This is because he was zealous on behalf of his God and made atonement for the people of Isra'el." The name of the man from Isra'el who was killed, put to death with the woman from Midyan, was Zimri the son of Salu, leader of one of the clans from the tribe of Shim‘on. The name of the woman from Midyan who was killed was Kozbi the daughter of Tzur, and he was head of the people in one of the clans of Midyan. Adonai said to Moshe, "Treat the Midyanim as enemies and attack them; because they are treating you as enemies by the trickery they used to deceive you in the P‘or incident and in the affair of their sister Kozbi, the daughter of the leader from Midyan, the woman who was killed on the day of the plague in the P‘or incident." After the plague, ¹⁰ nevertheless, 24,000 died in the plague. Haftarah Balak: Mikhah (Micah) 5:6(7)– 6:8 B'rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah Balak: 2 Kefa (2 Peter) 2:1–22; Y'hudah (Jude) 11; Revelation 2:14–15 Adonai said to Moshe, ¹¹ "Pinchas the son of El‘azar, the son of Aharon the cohen, has deflected my anger from the people of Isra'el by being as zealous as I am, so that I didn't destroy them in my own zeal. ¹² Therefore say, ‘I am giving him my covenant of shalom, ¹³ making a covenant with him and his descendants after him that the office of cohen will be theirs forever.' This is because he was zealous on behalf of his God and made atonement for the people of Isra'el." ¹⁴ The name of the man from Isra'el who was killed, put to death with the woman from Midyan, was Zimri the son of Salu, leader of one of the clans from the tribe of Shim‘on. ¹⁵ The name of the woman from Midyan who was killed was Kozbi the daughter of Tzur, and he was head of the people in one of the clans of Midyan.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 13:29, Malachi 2:4, Malachi 2:5, Malachi 3:1

Reciprocal: Nehemiah 13:29 - the covenant

Cross-References

Genesis 17:20
But as for Yishma‘el, I have heard you. I have blessed him. I will make him fruitful and give him many descendants. He will father twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

Genesis 21:13
But I will also make a nation from the son of the slave-girl, since he is descended from you."

Genesis 25:10
the field which Avraham purchased from the sons of Het. Avraham was buried there with Sarah his wife.

Genesis 25:15
Hadad, Teima, Y'tur, Nafish and Kedmah.

Psalms 83:6
With one mind they plot their schemes; the covenant they have made is against you —

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Wherefore say,.... Moses is bid to tell what follows to Phinehas himself, for his comfort and encouragement, and to the people of Israel, that they might take notice of it, and give him honour and respect, as one highly esteemed by the Lord:

behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace; not only hereby assuring him that he had nothing to fear from the brethren and relations of the person he had slain, as Aben Ezra; but that he should enjoy all peace and happiness, external, internal, and eternal: Baal Hatfurira on the place says, that "Shalom", peace, is by geometry, or numerically, the Messiah; who is the peace, the peace maker, and peace giver, and in whom all the blessings of grace and peace are: and if this covenant is the same with the covenant of the priesthood in the next verse, it may be so called, because the priests had a peculiar nearness to God, and enjoyed his friendship, favour, and peace with him, and because the right administration of their office was the means of peace between God and his people; in this also Phinehas was a type of Christ; the covenant of grace made with him is called the covenant of peace,

Isaiah 54:10 for in this covenant the scheme of peace and reconciliation was formed, agreed to, and settled; Christ was appointed the peace maker, which he agreed to be; and in consequence of it was sent and obtained peace by the blood of his cross, which is published in the everlasting Gospel, called therefore the Gospel of peace.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My covenant of peace - Equivalent to “the covenant of My peace.” God established with Phinehas in particular that covenant which He had made generally with all his people; and among its blessings peace is especially mentioned, because of the peace between God and the congregation which Phinehas had brought about. As an additional gift there is assigned to him and his seed forever the office of peace-making, the legitimate function of the priesthood (compare Ephesians 2:14); and the covenant was thus to him a covenant not only of peace but of life (compare the marginal reference). Phinehas became highpriest after the death of his father Eleazar, and the office, with a short interruption from the days of Eli to those of David, when for unknown reasons it was filled by the descendants of his uncle Ithamar, was perpetuated in his line; nor indeed is it known to have departed from that line again until the typical priesthood of the sons of Aaron was merged in the actual priesthood of the Saviour of mankind.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 12. - 13. My covenant of peace - of an everlasting priesthood — As the word peace implied all kinds of blessings, both spiritual and temporal, it may mean no more here than the promise of God, to grant him and his family the utmost prosperity in reference to both worlds. The everlasting priesthood refers properly to the priesthood of Christ which was shadowed out by the priesthood under the law; no matter in what family it was continued. Therefore the כהנת עולם kehunnath olam, or eternal priesthood, does not merely refer to any sacerdotal ministrations which should be continued in the family of Phinehas, during the Mosaic dispensation, but to that priesthood of Christ typified by that of Aaron and his successors. The priesthood alone is everlasting, and a covenant or grant of that was made to Phinehas, and his descendants. The Jews reckon twelve high priests of the race of Phinehas, from this time to the days of Solomon, nine more from that time to the captivity, (see 1 Chronicles 6:4; 1 Chronicles 6:15), and fifteen from their return to the time of Antiochus Eupator, the last of whom was Onias, slain by Lysias. Ezra, the great priest and scribe, was of this line, Ezra 7:1; Ezra 7:5. The family of Ithamar, uncle of Phinehas, had the priesthood for about 150 years; but it was restored to the family of Phinehas in the person of Zadok the priest, 1 Chronicles 6:50, in which it continued in the whole about 950 years. Probably the Maccabees were of the same family; but though this is not certain, there is no evidence against it. See Calmet. God therefore sufficiently fulfilled his promise; he gave to him and his descendants almost the utmost temporal length that could be given of that priesthood which is, in its own nature, eternal. Here then the word עולם olam means, not a limited time, but what is eternal in its duration. Genesis 21:33.