Numbers 25:8 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁸ 3 And the covenant of the priesthood for ever shall be both to him and his seed, because he hath been zealous for his God, and hath made atonement for the wickedness of the children of Israel.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ And went after the man of Israel into the inner room and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel and the woman through her body. Then the [smiting] plague was stayed from the Israelites.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ 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.

Common English Bible

⁸ went after the Israelite man into the chamber, and stabbed the two of them, the Israelite man and the woman, through the stomach. Then the plague stopped spreading among the Israelites.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ he entered after the Israelite man, into the brothel, and he pierced both of them at the same time, specifically, the man and the woman at the location of their genitals. And the scourge ceased from among the sons of Israel.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ Went in after the Israelite into the brothel house, and thrust both of them through together: to wit, the man and the woman in the genital parts. And the scourge ceased from the children of Israel.

Numbers 25:8 Cross References

2 Samuel 21:14

9 And there was a third battle in Gob against the Philistines, in which Adeodatus the son of the Forrest an embroiderer of Bethlehem slew Goliath the Gethite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.

2 Samuel 24:25

And Adonias the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying: I will be king. And he made himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

1 Chronicles 21:22

7 And the Lord commanded the angel: and he put up his sword again into the sheath.

Malachi 2:5

3 And this again have you done, you have covered the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping, and bellowing, so that I have no more a regard to sacrifice, neither do I accept any atonement at your hands.

Numbers 17:13

Watch ye in the charge of the sanctuary, and in the ministry of the altar: lest indignation rise upon the children of Israel.

Numbers 25:11

6 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Numbers 25:5

0 And the Lord said to Moses:

Joshua 7:26

But I and the rest of the multitude which is with me; will approach on the contrary side against the city. And when they shall come out against us, we will flee, and turn our backs, as we did before: