Numbers 25
1. And Israel abode * in Shittim,and the people began * to commit whoredom * with the daughters of Moab.
2. And they called * the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat * , and bowed down * to their gods.
3. And Israel joined * himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled * against Israel.
4. And the LORD said * unto Moses,Take * all the heads of the people,and hang them up * before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away * from Israel.
5. And Moses said * unto the judges * of Israel, Slay * ye every one his men that were joined * unto Baalpeor.
6. And, behold, one of the children of Israel came * and brought * unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel,who were weeping * before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
7. And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar,the son of Aaron the priest, saw * it, he rose up * from among the congregation, and took * a javelin in his hand;
8. And he went * after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust * both of them through, the man of Israel,and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed * from the children of Israel.
9. And those that died * in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
10. And the LORD spake * unto Moses, saying * ,
11. Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned * my wrath away * from the children of Israel, while he was zealous * for my sake among them, that I consumed * not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
12. Wherefore say * , Behold, I give * unto him my covenant of peace:
13. 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.
14. Now the name of the Israelite that was slain * , even that was slain * with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites.
15. And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain * was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.
16. And the LORD spake * unto Moses, saying * ,
17. Vex * the Midianites, and smite * them:
18. For they vex * you with their wiles,wherewith they have beguiled * you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain * in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.
