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Numbers 25:14

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The name of the Israelite who was slain with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Now the name of the man of Israel that was slain, who was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a fathers’ house among the Simeonites.

KJV

Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites.

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This verse in Numbers 25

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
Now the name of the Israelite that was slain,.... By Phinehas, as before related: even that was slain with the Midianitish woman; who was slain also, both together with one thrust: was Zimri, the son of Sela, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites; or a prince of his father's house, or family; there were five families of the Simeonites, and this man was a prince of one of them, see Num 26:12 though Josephus (h), and so the Samaritan Chronicle (i), make him to be a prince of the tribe of Simeon.

This site's exposition

was Zimri, the son of Salu

on Numbers 25:14-16

The names come after the act, and both belong to ruling houses. Zimri is a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites, and Cozbi is the daughter of Zur, whom Numbers 31:8 lists among the five kings of Midian killed in the war this chapter orders. Simeon numbered fifty nine thousand three hundred at Numbers 1:23 and twenty two thousand two hundred at Numbers 26:14, the largest decrease of any tribe between the two counts, and Numbers draws no line between that figure and this chapter.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

Zimri, . . . a prince . . . among the Simeonites--The slaughter of a man of such high rank is mentioned as a proof of the undaunted zeal of Phinehas, for there might be numerous avengers of his blood.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

והיתה לו AND IT SHALL BE UNTO HIM — this covenant of Mine shall be unto him —
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on Numbers 25:13:1, via Sefaria, Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

15 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְשֵׁם֩and [the] name of

    veshemH8034 →864 times

  • אִ֨ישׁ[the] man of

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֜לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • הַמֻּכֶּ֗הwho was struck down

    hamukehH5221 →499 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֤רwho

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • הֻכָּה֙he was struck down

    hukahH5221 →499 times

  • אֶת־with

    ʾet-H854 →929 times

  • הַמִּדְיָנִ֔יתthe Midianite [woman]

    hamidyanitH4084 →7 times

  • זִמְרִ֖י[was] Zimri

    zimriH2174 →

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • סָל֑וּאSalu

    salu'H5543 →

  • נְשִׂ֥יאa leader of

    nesi'H5387 →134 times

  • בֵֽית־a house of

    veit-H1004 →2046 times

  • אָ֖בa father

    ʾavH1 →1212 times

  • לַשִּׁמְעֹנִֽי׃of the Simeonite[s]

    lashimoniH8099 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

7 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Revelation 7:7from the tribe of Simeon 12,000, from the tribe of Levi 12,000, from the tribe of Issachar 12,000,3 works2 Chronicles 19:7And now, may the fear of the LORD be upon you. Be careful what you do, for with the LORD our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.”2 worksNumbers 1:23those registered to the tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300.2 worksNumbers 25:4–5Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that His fierce anger may turn away from Israel.”2 worksNumbers 26:14These were the clans of Simeon, and there were 22,200 men.2 works1 Kings 11:18Hadad and his men set out from Midian and went to Paran. They took men from Paran with them and went to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave Hadad a house and land and provided him with food.2 works
The other 1 cross-references, with their words ▾
Numbers 1:4And one man from each tribe, the head of each family, must be there with you.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 19:7

    And now, may the fear of the LORD be upon you. Be careful what you do, for with the LORD our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.”

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 32:4

      He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.

    • Genesis 18:25

      Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the…

    • Romans 2:11

      For God does not show favoritism.

    • Deuteronomy 10:17–18

      For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and accepting no bribe.

    • Romans 9:14

      What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Certainly not!

  • Through

    Numbers 1:23

    those registered to the tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300.

    it leads to

    • Numbers 26:14

      These were the clans of Simeon, and there were 22,200 men.

    • Numbers 2:13

      and his division numbers 59,300.

    • Numbers 25:8–9

      followed the Israelite into his tent, and drove the spear through both of them—through the Israelite and on through the belly of the woman. So the plague against the Israelites was halted,

Where this verse is studied

About Numbers

The Bronze Serpent, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Bronze Serpent, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Numbers: the study guide →Read Numbers 25 →

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.

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