Num 25:6 | NET2full | STEP | Just then one of the Israelites came and brought to his brothers a Midianite woman in the plain view of Moses and of the whole community of the Israelites , while they were weeping at the entrance of the tent of meeting .

Numbers 25:6

6 Just then ^{▼▼tn The verse begins with the deictic particle וְהִנֵּה (vehinneh), pointing out the action that was taking place. It stresses the immediacy of the action to the reader.} one of the Israelites came and brought to his brothers ^{▼▼tn Or “to his family”; or “to his clan.”} a Midianite woman in the plain view of Moses and of ^{▼▼tn Heb “before the eyes of Moses and before the eyes of.”} the whole community of the Israelites, while they ^{▼▼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.} were weeping at the entrance of the tent of meeting.