Chapter 25

¹ And Israel sojourned in Shittim, and the people profaned itself by going a-whoring after the daughters of Moab. ² And they called them to the sacrifices of their idols; and the people ate of their sacrifices, and worshiped their idols. ³ And Israel consecrated themselves to Baal-peor; and the Lord was very angry with Israel. ⁴ And the Lord said to Moses, Take all the princes of the people, and make them examples [of judgment] for the Lord in the face of the sun, and the anger of the Lord shall be turned away from Israel. ⁵ And Moses said to the tribes of Israel, Slay ye every one his friend that is consecrated to Baal-peor. ⁶ And, behold, a man of the children of Israel came and brought his brother to a Midianitish woman before Moses, and before all the congregation of the children of Israel; and they were weeping at the door of the tabernacle of witness. ⁷ And Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, and rose out of the midst of the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand, ⁸ and went in after the Israelitish man into the chamber, and pierced them both through, both the Israelitish man, and the woman through her womb; and the plague was stayed from the children of Israel. ⁹ And those that died in the plague were four and twenty thousand.

Num 25:1-9

¹⁰ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ¹¹ Phinehas the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest has caused my wrath to cease from the children of Israel, when I was exceedingly jealous among them, and I did not consume the children of Israel in my jealousy. ¹² Thus do thou say [to him], Behold, I give him a covenant of peace: ¹³ and he and his seed after him shall have a perpetual covenant of priesthood, because he was zealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel. ¹⁴ Now the name of the smitten Israelitish man, who was smitten with the Midianitish woman, [was] Zimri son of Salmon, prince of a house of the tribe of Simeon. ¹⁵ And the name of the Midianitish woman who was smitten, [was] Cozbi, daughter of Zur, a prince of the nation of Ommoth: it is a chief house among the people of Midian.

Num 25:10-15

¹⁶ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ¹⁷ Plague the Midianites as enemies, and smite them, ¹⁸ for they are enemies to you by the treachery wherein they ensnare you through Peor, and through Cozbi their sister, daughter of a prince of Midian, who was smitten in the day of the plague because of Peor.

Num 25:16-18