King James Version, Updated™

KJV:   1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

KJVu: 1 Israel dwelt in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

KJV:   2 And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods : and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.

KJVu: 2 And they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods ; and the people ate, and bowed down to their gods.

KJV:   3 And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.

KJVu: 3 So Israel joined itself to Baal Peor, and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.

KJV:   4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.

KJVu: 4 The LORD said to Moses, "Take all the rulers of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel. "

Notes: "Heads" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H7218 with a Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance definition of "band, captain, company, -|- From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) — band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, be-head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top. ."

KJV:   5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baalpeor.

KJVu: 5 And Moses said to the judges of Israel, "Everyone of you kill his men who were joined to Baal Peor."

KJV:   6 And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

KJVu: 6 Behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought to his brethren a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

KJV:   7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;

KJVu: 7 When Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;

KJV:   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.

KJVu: 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:   9 And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.

KJVu: 9 Those that died in the plague were 24,000.

KJV:   10 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

KJVu: 10 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

KJV:   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.

KJVu: 11 "Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was zealous for my sake among them, so that I would not consume the children of Israel in my jealousy.

KJV:   12 Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace :

KJVu: 12 Therefore say, 'Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace ;

KJV:   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.

KJVu: 13 He shall have it, and his descendants after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel. ' "

KJV:   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.

KJVu: 14 Now the name of the Israelite who was killed, the one who was killed with the Midianite woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a ruler of a father’s house among the Simeonites.

Notes: "Chief" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H1 with a Strong’s definition of "chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal ."

KJV:   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.

KJVu: 15 And the name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was the head over a people, and of a father’s house in Midian.

KJV:   16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

KJVu: 16 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

KJV:   17 Vex the Midianites, and smite them :

KJVu: 17 "Harass the Midianites, and strike them ;

Notes: "Vex" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H6887 with a Brown-Driver-Briggs' definition of "shew hostility toward, treat with enmity, vex, harass, with accusative of person Isaiah 11:13; Numbers 10:9; Numbers 25:17."

KJV:   18 For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor’s sake.

KJVu: 18 For they harassed YOU with their deceit, with which they have deceived YOU in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a ruler of Midian, their sister, who was killed in the day of the plague for Peor’s sake. "

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