Numbers 25:13
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
It will be a covenant of permanent priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”

Young's Literal Translation
and it hath been to him and to his seed after him a covenant of a priesthood age-during, because that he hath been zealous for his God, and doth make atonement for the sons of Israel.’

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
It will be
וְהָ֤יְתָה (wə·hā·yə·ṯāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a covenant
בְּרִ֖ית (bə·rîṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 1285: A covenant

of permanent
עוֹלָ֑ם (‘ō·w·lām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always

priesthood
כְּהֻנַּ֣ת (kə·hun·naṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3550: Priesthood

for him
לּוֹ֙ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

and his descendants,
וּלְזַרְע֣וֹ (ū·lə·zar·‘ōw)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

because
תַּ֗חַת (ta·ḥaṯ)
Preposition
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

he was zealous
קִנֵּא֙ (qin·nê)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7065: To be, zealous, jealous, envious

for his God
לֵֽאלֹהָ֔יו (lê·lō·hāw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

and made atonement
וַיְכַפֵּ֖ר (way·ḵap·pêr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3722: To cover, to expiate, condone, to placate, cancel

for
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the Israelites.”
בְּנֵ֥י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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