Números 25 – NVI & NIRV

Nueva Versión Internacional

Números 25:1-18

Infidelidad de Israel

1Mientras los israelitas acampaban en Sitín, comenzaron a entregarse a la inmoralidad sexual con las mujeres moabitas, 2las cuales los invitaban a participar en los sacrificios a sus dioses. Los israelitas comían de esos sacrificios y se postraban ante esos dioses. 3Esto los llevó a unirse al culto de Baal Peor. Por tanto, la ira del Señor se encendió contra ellos.

4Entonces el Señor dijo a Moisés: «Toma a todos los jefes del pueblo y ahórcalos en mi presencia a plena luz del día, para que el furor de mi ira se aparte de Israel».

5Moisés ordenó a los jueces de Israel: «Maten a los hombres bajo su mando que hayan rendido culto a Baal Peor».

6Mientras el pueblo lloraba a la entrada de la Tienda de reunión, un israelita trajo a una madianita y, en presencia de Moisés y de toda la comunidad israelita, tuvo el descaro de presentársela a su familia. 7De esto se dio cuenta el sacerdote Finés, que era hijo de Eleazar y nieto del sacerdote Aarón. Finés abandonó la asamblea y lanza en mano, 8siguió al hombre, entró en su tienda y atravesó al israelita y a la mujer.25:8 mujer (lectura probable); mujer, por el vientre de ella (TM). De esta forma cesó la plaga que se había desatado contra los israelitas. 9Con todo, los que murieron a causa de la plaga fueron veinticuatro mil.

10El Señor dijo a Moisés: 11«Finés, hijo de Eleazar y nieto del sacerdote Aarón, ha hecho que mi ira se aparte de los israelitas, pues ha actuado con el mismo celo que yo habría tenido por mi honor. Por eso no destruí a los israelitas con el furor de mi celo. 12Dile, pues, a Finés que yo le concedo mi pacto de paz, 13por medio del cual él y sus descendientes gozarán de un sacerdocio eterno, ya que defendió celosamente mi honor y presentó ofrendas para el perdón de los israelitas».

14El hombre que fue atravesado junto con la madianita se llamaba Zimri, hijo de Salu, y era jefe de una familia de la tribu de Simeón. 15La madianita se llamaba Cozbí, y era hija de Zur, jefe de una familia de Madián.

16El Señor dijo a Moisés: 17«Ataca a los madianitas y mátalos, 18porque ellos también los atacaron a ustedes con sus artimañas, pues en Baal Peor los sedujeron, como en el caso de Cozbí, la hija del jefe madianita que fue muerta el día de la plaga en Baal Peor».

New International Reader’s Version

Numbers 25:1-18

Moab Leads Israel Astray

1Israel was staying in Shittim. The men of Israel began to commit sexual sins with the women of Moab. 2The women invited the men to feasts and sacrifices to honor their gods. The people ate the sacrifices and bowed down in front of the statues of those gods. 3So Israel joined in worshiping the god named Baal that was worshiped at Peor. The Lord became very angry with Israel.

4The Lord said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of these people. Kill them. Put their dead bodies out in the open. I want to see you do it in the middle of the day. Then I will not be angry with Israel.”

5So Moses spoke to Israel’s judges. He said, “Some of your people have joined in worshiping the god named Baal that is worshiped at Peor. Each of you must kill the people in your tribe who have done that.”

6Then an Israelite man brought into the camp a Midianite woman. He did it right in front of the eyes of Moses and the whole community of Israel. They were weeping at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 7Phinehas was a priest. He was the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron. When Phinehas saw what had happened, he left the people. He took a spear in his hand. 8He followed the man into the tent. Phinehas stuck the spear through the man and into the woman’s stomach. Then the Lord stopped the plague against the Israelites. 9But the plague had already killed 24,000 of them.

10The Lord said to Moses, 11“Phinehas is a priest. He is the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron. Phinehas has turned my anger away from the Israelites. I am committed to making sure I am honored among them. And he is as committed as I am. So even though I was angry with them, I did not put an end to them. 12So tell Phinehas I am making my covenant with him. It is my promise to give him peace. 13He and his sons after him will have a covenant to be priests forever. That is because he was committed to making sure that I, his God, was honored. In that way he paid for the sin of the Israelites.”

14The name of the Israelite man who was killed was Zimri. He was the son of Salu. Zimri was killed along with the Midianite woman. Salu was a family leader in the tribe of Simeon. 15The name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Kozbi. She was the daughter of Zur. He was the chief of a Midianite family.

16The Lord spoke to Moses. He said, 17“Treat the Midianites just as you would treat enemies. Kill them. 18After all, they treated you like enemies. They tricked you into worshiping the god named Baal that is worshiped at Peor. They also tricked you because of what Kozbi did. She was the woman killed when the plague came that was connected with Peor. Kozbi was the daughter of a Midianite leader.”