Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 25:8:
- Kupsabiny: “Phinehas followed that man who was with that girl to the tent and killed both of them with the spear passing through (them).
God had sent to the people of Israel a plague which had killed up to twenty-four thousand people. When Phinehas had killed both those people, the plague subsided.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “Then, following that man went into the tent [and] with a spear pierced into both of them, the Israelite man and into stomach of the woman. After that the plague that had come among the Israelites was turned away.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He followed the man inside the tent, and he pierced the two of them with the woman. Then the destruction in Israel had-stopped,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “and rushed into the man’s tent. He thrust the spear completely through the man’s body and into the woman’s belly and killed both of them. When he did that, the plague/serious illness that had started to strike the Israelis stopped.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
