Numbers 25:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Therefore say, ‘Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace; More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore say, Behold, I give to Phinehas the priest My covenant of peace. American Standard Version (1901) Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace: Common English Bible Therefore, say: I’m now giving him my covenant of well-being. Catholic Public Domain Version Because of this, say to him: Behold, I give to him the peace of my covenant. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore say to him: Behold, I give him the peace of my covenant, |
And that has been reckoned to him as righteousness from generation to generation for ever.
For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed, says the Lord, who has compassion on you.
“I will make with them a covenant of peace and banish wild beasts from the land, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.
I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; and I will bless them and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
But you have turned aside from the way; you have caused many to stumble by your instruction; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the Lord of hosts,
“Behold, I send my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.
The Amalekites dwell in the land of the Negeb; the Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the hill country; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and along the Jordan.”