Israel for Shittim
For Shittim, Israel join demself to Baal of Peor through Moabite women, and we Papa vex burn like plague. Phinehas take spear act while everybody else dey cry, di plague stop for twenty-four thousand, and dem give am covenant of priesthood wey go last.
25 1As Israel dey stay for Shittim, di people start to do sexual sin with Moab im daughters. 2Dem call di people come di sacrifice wey dem dey make give dem gods; di people chop and bow down give dem gods. 3So Israel join imsef with Baal of Peor, and di vex of our Papa burn against Israel.
4Our Papa tell Moses say, “Take all di people leaders and kill dem for my front for daytime, so my burning vex go turn comot from Israel.”
5Moses tell Israel im judges, “Make each of una kill im own men wey join demsef with Baal of Peor.”
6Den one Israelite man bring one Midianite woman come give im brothers for di front of Moses and di whole assembly of Israel, while dem dey cry for di door of di tent of meeting. 7Phinehas pikin of Eleazar, wey be pikin of Aaron di priest, see dis one, stand up from di assembly, and carry spear for im hand. 8E follow di Israelite man enter inside di room and pierce di two of dem—di Israelite man and di woman, through her belle. Den di plague against di Israelites stop. 9Di people wey die for di plague na 24,000.
10Den our Papa tell Moses say,
11“Phinehas pikin of Eleazar, wey be pikin of Aaron di priest, don turn my vex comot from di Israelites by im strong-strong mind for my strong-strong mind among dem, so I no destroy di Israelites for my strong-strong mind. 12So tell am say: I dey give am my Covenant of peace. 13Am and im pikin-pikin wey go come after am go get Covenant of priest work wey go last forever, because e get passion for me and e make atonement for di Israelites.” a a v13 Phinehas im Covenant of priest work wey go last forever and im act of atonement dey point go front to Jesus, di priest wey no dey end, wey im strong-strong mind for our Papa and im once-for-all sacrifice bring peace wey go last, wey no human priest fit secure.
14Di name of di Israelite wey dem kill with di Midianite woman na Zimri pikin of Salu, wey be one Simeonite clan leader. 15Di Midianite woman wey dem kill, her name na Cozbi, daughter of Zur, wey be head of one clan for Midian.
16Den our Papa tell Moses say,
17“Treat di Midianites as enemies and strike dem down, 18because dem be your enemies through dem trick, wey dem take trick una for di matter of Peor, and for di matter of Cozbi, daughter of Midian im leader, dem sister, wey dem strike down for di day of di plague wey come because of Peor.”
