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Numbers 25:8

And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.

KJV

ingressus est post virum Israëlitem in lupanar, et perfodit ambos simul, virum scilicet et mulierem in locis genitalibus. Cessavitque plaga a filiis Israël :

Vulgate

εἰσῆλθεν ὀπίσω τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τοῦ Ἰσραηλείτου εἰς τὴν κάμινον, καὶ ἀπεκέντησεν ἀμφοτέρους, τόν τε ἄνθρωπον τὸν Ἰσραηλείτην καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα διὰ τῆς μήτρας αὐτῆς· καὶ ἐπαύσατο ἡ πληγὴ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ֠/יָּבֹא אַחַ֨ר אִֽישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל אֶל הַ/קֻּבָּ֗ה וַ/יִּדְקֹר֙ אֶת שְׁנֵי/הֶ֔ם אֵ֚ת אִ֣ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְ/אֶת הָ/אִשָּׁ֖ה אֶל קֳבָתָ֑/הּ וַ/תֵּֽעָצַר֙ הַ/מַּגֵּפָ֔ה מֵ/עַ֖ל בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
הּ
h
pronoun · 1×
ו
v
noun · 717×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
מַּגֵּפָ֖ה
mgph
noun · 23×
נִי
ny
verb · 11×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עָצ֔וּר
'tsvr
verb · 45×
קֻּבָּ֗ה
qbh
noun · 1×
שְׁתֵּ֣י
shty
adjective · 765×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

2. For beginning from those passions, which most belong to our whole race, anger, I mean, and desire (for it is these chiefly that bear absolute sway within us, and are more natural than the rest); He with great authority, even such as became a legislator, both corrected them, and reduced them to order with all strictness. For He said not that the adulterer merely is punished; …

Cross-references

  • Num 16:46 — And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out
  • Ps 106:29 — Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.