Números 25

¹ And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with theWith the women.daughters of Moab.

² Which called the people vnto the sacrifice of their gods, and the people ate, & bowed downe to their gods.

³ And IsraelWorshipped the idol of the Moabites, which was in the hill Peor.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 LORDOpenly in the sight of all.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 hisLet him execute those that are under his charge.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,Repenting that they had offended God.who [were] weeping [before] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

⁷ And when Phinehas the sonne of Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the Priest sawe it, hee rose vp from the middes of the Congregation, & tooke a speare in his hand,

⁸ And followed ye man of Israel into the tent, and thrust them both through: to wit, the man of Israel, and the woman, through her belly: so the plague ceased from the children of Israel.

⁹ And there died in that plague, foure and twentie thousand.

¹⁰ Then the Lord spake vnto 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 heHe was zealous to maintain my glory.was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.

¹² Wherefore say to him, Beholde, I giue vnto him my couenant 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 anHe has pacified God's wrath.atonement for the children of Israel.

¹⁴ And the name of the Israelite thus slayne, which was killed with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri the sonne of Salu, prince of the familie of the Simeonites.

¹⁵ And the name of the Midianitish woman, that was slayne, was Cozbi the daughter of Zur, who was head ouer the people of his fathers house in Midian.

¹⁶ Againe ye Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

¹⁷ Vexe the Midianites, and smite them:

¹⁸ For they vex you with theirCausing you to commit both corporal and spiritual fornication by Balaam's counsel, (Num_31:16; Rev_2:14).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.