Numbers 25:14-15

25:14 Now the name of the Israelite who was stabbed – the one who was stabbed with the Midianite woman – was Zimri son of Salu, a leader of a clan ¹  of the Simeonites. 25:15 The name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi daughter of Zur. He was a leader ²  over the people of a clan of Midian. ³ 

Numbers 25:6

25:6 Just then ⁴  one of the Israelites came and brought to his brothers ⁵  a Midianite woman in the plain view of Moses and of ⁶  the whole community of the Israelites, while they ⁷  were weeping at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

[25:14]  ¹ tn Heb “a father’s house.” So also in v. 15.

[25:15]  ² tn Heb “head.”

[25:15]  ³ sn The passage makes it clear that this individual was a leader, one who was supposed to be preventing this thing from happening. The judgment was swift and severe, because the crime was so great, and the danger of it spreading was certain. Paul refers to this horrible incident when he reminds Christians not to do similar things (1 Cor 10:6-8).

[25:6]  ³ tn The verse begins with the deictic particle וְהִנֵּה (vÿhinneh), pointing out the action that was taking place. It stresses the immediacy of the action to the reader.

[25:6]  ⁴ tn Or “to his family”; or “to his clan.”

[25:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “before the eyes of Moses and before the eyes of.”

[25:6]  ⁶ tn The vav (ו) at the beginning of the clause is a disjunctive because it is prefixed to the nonverbal form. In this context it is best interpreted as a circumstantial clause, stressing that this happened “while” people were weeping over the sin.