Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eye was closed says; [24:16] he says, who hears the words of God, knows the knowledge of the Most High, and who sees the vision of the Almighty, Falling down, and having his eyes open: [24:17] I see him, but not now. I see him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob. A scepter will rise out of Israel, and shall strike through the corners of Moab, and break down all the sons of Sheth. [24:18] Edom shall be a possession. Seir, his enemies, also shall be a possession, while Israel does valiantly. [24:19] Out of Jacob shall one have dominion, and shall destroy the remnant from the city.
[24:20] He looked at Amalek, and took up his parable, and said,
Amalek was the first of the nations, But his latter end shall come to destruction.
[24:21] He looked at the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said,
Your dwelling place is strong. Your nest is set in the rock. [24:22] Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted, until Asshur carries you away captive.
[24:23] He took up his parable, and said,
Alas, who shall live when God does this? [24:24] But ships shall come from the coast of Kittim. They shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber. He also shall come to destruction.
[24:25] Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place; and Balak also went his way.
[25:1] Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to play the prostitute with the daughters of Moab: [25:2] for they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods; and the people ate, and bowed down to their gods. [25:3] Israel joined himself to Baal Peor: and the anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel. [25:4] Yahweh said to Moses, Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up to Yahweh before the sun, that the fierce anger of Yahweh may turn away from Israel. [25:5] Moses said to the judges of Israel, Kill you everyone his men who have joined themselves to Baal Peor.
[25:6] Behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought to his brothers a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, while they were weeping at the door of the Tent of Meeting. [25:7] When Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand; [25:8] and he went after the man of Israel into the pavilion, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel. [25:9] Those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand. [25:10] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, [25:11] Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I didn't consume the children of Israel in my jealousy. [25:12] Therefore say, Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace: [25:13] and it shall be to him, and to his seed after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel. [25:14] Now the name of the man of Israel that was slain, who was slain with the Midianite woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a fathers' house among the Simeonites. [25:15] The name of the Midianite woman who was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head of the people of a fathers' house in Midian. [25:16] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, [25:17] Harass the Midianites, and strike them; [25:18] for they harassed you with their wiles, with which they have deceived you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor.