25:1 While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with Moabite women,
25:2 who invited them to the sacrifices to their gods. The people ate and bowed down before these gods.
25:3 So Israel joined in worshiping the Baal of Peor. And the LORD’S anger burned against them.
25:4 The LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of these people, kill them and expose them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that the LORD’S fierce anger may turn away from Israel.”
25:5 So Moses said to Israel’s judges, “Each of you must put to death those of your men who have joined in worshiping the Baal of Peor.”
25:6 Then an Israelite man brought to his family a Midianite woman right before the eyes of Moses and the whole assembly of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
25:7 When Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, saw this, he left the assembly, took a spear in his hand
25:8 and followed the Israelite into the tent. He drove the spear through both of them–through the Israelite and into the woman’s body. Then the plague against the Israelites was stopped;
25:9 but those who died in the plague numbered 24,000
25:10 The LORD said to Moses,
25:11 “Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, has turned my anger away from the Israelites; for he was as zealous as I am for my honor among them, so that in my zeal I did not put an end to them.
25:12 Therefore tell him I am making my covenant of peace with him.
25:13 He and his descendants will have a covenant of a lasting priesthood, because he was zealous for the honor of his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”
25:14 The name of the Israelite who was killed with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family.
25:15 And the name of the Midianite woman who was put to death was Cozbi daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.
25:16 The LORD said to Moses,
25:17 “Treat the Midianites as enemies and kill them,
25:18 because they treated you as enemies when they deceived you in the affair of Peor and their sister Cozbi, the daughter of a Midianite leader, the woman who was killed when the plague came as a result of Peor.”
25:1 While Israel dwelt in Shittim, the people began to commit fornication with the daughters of Moab.
25:2 For they invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.
25:3 And Israel joined itself to Baal-peor, and the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel.
25:4 And Jehovah said to Moses, Take all the leaders of the people and hang them up to Jehovah before the sun, so that the fierce anger of Jehovah may turn away from Israel.
25:5 And Moses said to the judges of Israel, Each of you slay his men who have joined themselves to Baal-peor.
25:6 Just then one of the children of Israel came and brought a Midianite woman to his brothers in the sight of Moses and in the sight of the whole assembly of the children of Israel, while they were weeping at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.
25:7 And when Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the assembly and took a spear in his hand,
25:8 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent and pierced both of them, the man of Israel and the woman through her stomach. So the plague among the children of Israel was stopped.
25:9 And those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand.
25:10 Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
25:11 Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned My wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with My jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the children of Israel in My jealousy.
25:12 Therefore say, I now give him My covenant of peace;
25:13 And it shall be to him and to his seed after him the covenant of an everlasting priesthood, because he was jealous for his God and made expiation for the children of Israel.
25:14 Now the name of the slain man of Israel, who was slain with the Midianite woman, was Zimri the son of Salu, a leader of a father’s household among the Simeonites.
25:15 And the name of the Midianite woman who was slain was Cozbi the daughter of Zur, head of the people of a father’s household in Midian.
25:16 Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
25:17 Harass the Midianites and strike them;
25:18 For they have harassed you with their deception with which they have deceived you in the matter of Peor and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor.