Numbers 25:14 meaning and explanation

The name of the Israelite who was slain with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family.

Numbers 25:14, Berean Standard Bible

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The narrator pauses the action to name the man Phinehas killed. He was Zimri son of Salu, a leader of a Simeonite family, so the sin reached the tribal leadership, not only the ordinary people.

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