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“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.” (Nu 25:1-18 AV)
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