Numbers 25 · Verse 14

Numbers 25:14

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.
Numbers 25:14, King James Version

Numbers 25:14 in other translations

BSBThe name of the Israelite who was slain with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family.
WEBNow 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.
ASVNow 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.
YLTAnd the name of the man of Israel who is smitten, who hath been smitten with the Midianitess, is Zimri son of Salu, prince of the house of a father of the Simeonite;
DARBYAnd the name of the man of Israel that was slain, who was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, the prince of a father's house of the Simeonites.
BBENow the man of Israel who was put to death with the woman of Midian was Zimri, the son of Salu, a chief of one of the families of the Simeonites.
WebsterNow 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.

What does Numbers 25:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 25:6-15

Phinehas, in the courage of zeal and faith, executed vengeance on Zimri and Cozbi. This act can never be an example for private revenge, or religious persecution, or for irregular public vengeance.

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Numbers 25:14 in the original Hebrew

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וְשֵׁם֩ve.Shemand [the] name ofH8034
אִ֨ישׁ'ish[the] man ofH376
יִשְׂרָאֵ֜לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
הַמֻּכֶּ֗הha.mu.Kehwho was struck downH5221
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherwhoH834
הֻכָּה֙hu.Kahhe was struck downH5221
אֶת\־'et-withH854
הַמִּדְיָנִ֔יתha.mid.ya.Nitthe Midianite [woman]H4084
זִמְרִ֖יzim.Ri[was] ZimriH2174
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
סָל֑וּאsa.Lu'SaluH5543
נְשִׂ֥יאne.Si'a leader ofH5387
בֵֽית\־veit-a house ofH1004
אָ֖ב'ava fatherH1
לַשִּׁמְעֹנִֽי\׃la.shim.'o.Niof the Simeonite[s]H8099

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Cross references for Numbers 25:14

  • Numbers 26:14

    These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.

  • Numbers 25:4-5

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the Lord against the sun, that the fierce anger of the Lord may be turned away from Israel. And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal–peor.

  • Numbers 1:23

    Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.

  • 2 Chronicles 19:7

    Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a prince.
4,5; 2Ch 19:7
chief house. Heb. house of a father. the Simeonites.
1:23; 26:14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Numbers 25:13

    And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.

  • Numbers 25:14

    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.

  • Numbers 25:15

    And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.

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Numbers 25:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y el nombre del varón muerto, que fué muerto con la Madianita, era Zimri hijo de Salu, jefe de una familia de la tribu de Simeón.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et le nom de l’homme d’Israël frappé, qui fut frappé avec la Madianite, était Zimri, fils de Salu, prince d’une maison de père des Siméonites.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und der Name des erschlagenen israelitischen Mannes, der mit der Midianitin erschlagen wurde, war Simri, der Sohn Salus, der Fürst eines Vaterhauses der Simeoniter;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Erat autem nomen viri Israëlitæ, qui occisus est cum Madianitide, Zambri filius Salu, dux de cognatione et tribu Simeonis.