Balak (בָּלָק)
Numbers 22:2 – 25:9
Maftir
25:7
When Pinchas, a son of Eleazar and a grandson of Aaron the priest, saw this, he rose up from the midst of the assemblage and took a spear in his hand.
When Pinchas, a son of Eleazar and a grandson of Aaron the priest, saw this, he rose up from the midst of the assemblage and took a spear in his hand.
Vayar Pinchas ben-El’azar ben-Aharon hakohen vayakom mitoch ha’edah vayikach romach beyado.
וַיַּרְא, פִּינְחָס בֶּן-אֶלְעָזָר, בֶּן-אַהֲרֹן, הַכֹּהֵן; וַיָּקָם מִתּוֹךְ הָעֵדָה, וַיִּקַּח רֹמַח בְּיָדוֹ.
25:8
He followed the Israelite man into the tent’s inner chamber, and ran them through, [driving the spear] through the Israelite man and woman’s groin. With that, the plague that had struck the Israelites was arrested.
He followed the Israelite man into the tent’s inner chamber, and ran them through, [driving the spear] through the Israelite man and woman’s groin. With that, the plague that had struck the Israelites was arrested.
Vayavo achar ish-Yisra’el el-hakubah vayidkor et-shneyhem et ish Yisra’el ve’et-ha’ishah el-kavatah vate’atsar hamagefah me’al beney Yisra’el.
וַיָּבֹא אַחַר אִישׁ-יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל-הַקֻּבָּה, וַיִּדְקֹר אֶת-שְׁנֵיהֶם–אֵת אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְאֶת-הָאִשָּׁה אֶל-קֳבָתָהּ; וַתֵּעָצַר, הַמַּגֵּפָה, מֵעַל, בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל.
25:9
In that plague, 24,000 people had died.
In that plague, 24,000 people had died.
Vayihyu hametim bamagefah arba’ah ve’esrim alef.
וַיִּהְיוּ, הַמֵּתִים בַּמַּגֵּפָה–אַרְבָּעָה וְעֶשְׂרִים, אָלֶף.