KJV King James Version
Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:
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Numbers 25:12
Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Declare, therefore, that I am granting him My covenant of peace.
WEB World English Bible
Therefore say, ‘Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace:
ASV American Standard Version
Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Therefore say, Lo, I am giving to him My covenant of peace,
Surrounding context — Numbers 25
9 And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
10 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
12 Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:
13 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, [even] the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.
14 Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, [even] that was slain with the Midianitish woman, [was] Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites.
15 And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain [was] Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he [was] head over a people, [and] of a chief house in Midian.
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Malachi 2:4-5And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.Isaiah 54:10For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.Malachi 3:1Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.Numbers 13:29The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.Ezekiel 34:25And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
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