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Thereforeלָכֵןsay:אֱמֹרLook, Iהִנְנִיam givingנֹתֵןhimלוֹmy covenantבְּרִיתִיof peace.שָׁלוֹם
Numbers 25:12
Study it in the app“Therefore say: Look, I am giving him my covenant of peace.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 25:12, word by word
- sayאֱמֹרemor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “emor” appears- am givingנֹתֵןnoten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “noten” appears- my covenantבְּרִיתִberiti
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “beriti” appears- of peaceשָׁלוֹםshalom
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears
The context
11“Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned back my wrath from the sons of Israel when he was jealous with my jealousy among them, and I did not make an end of the sons of Israel in my jealousy.
12 · This verse (above)
13It will be for him and for his offspring after him a covenant of priesthood forever, because he was jealous for his Elohim and made expiation for the sons of Israel.”