1And Israel3478 abode3427 in Shittim7851, and the people5971 began2490 to commit whoredom2181 with the daughters1323 of Moab4124.
2And they called7121 the people5971 unto the sacrifices2077 of their gods430: and the people5971 did eat398, and bowed down7812 to their gods430.
3And Israel3478 joined6775 himself unto Baalpeor1187: and the anger639 of the LORD3068 was kindled2734 against Israel3478.
4And the LORD3068 said559 unto Moses4872, Take3947 all the heads7218 of the people5971, and hang them up3363 before5048 the LORD3068 against the sun8121, that the fierce2740 anger639 of the LORD3068 may be turned away7725 from Israel3478.
5And Moses4872 said559 unto the judges8199 of Israel3478, Slay2026 ye every376 one376 his men582 that were joined6775 unto Baalpeor1187.
6And, behold, one376 of the children1121 of Israel3478 came935 and brought7126 unto his brethren251 a Midianitish woman4084 in the sight5869 of Moses4872, and in the sight5869 of all the congregation5712 of the children1121 of Israel3478, who were weeping1058 before the door6607 of the tabernacle168 of the congregation4150.
7And when Phinehas6372, the son1121 of Eleazar499, the son1121 of Aaron175 the priest3548, saw7200 it, he rose up6965 from among8432 the congregation5712, and took3947 a javelin7420 in his hand3027;
8And he went935 after310 the man376 of Israel3478 into the tent6898, and thrust1856 both8147 of them through, the man376 of Israel3478, and the woman802 through413 her belly6897. So the plague4046 was stayed6113 from the children1121 of Israel3478.
9And those that died4191 in the plague4046 were twenty6242 and four702 thousand505.
10And the LORD3068 spake1696 unto Moses4872, saying559,
11Phinehas6372, the son1121 of Eleazar499, the son1121 of Aaron175 the priest3548, hath turned7725 my wrath2534 away7725 from the children1121 of Israel3478, while he was zealous7065 for my sake7068 among8432 them, that I consumed3615 not the children1121 of Israel3478 in my jealousy7068.
12Wherefore say559, Behold, I give5414 unto him my covenant1285 of peace7965:
13And he shall have it, and his seed2233 after310 him, even the covenant1285 of an everlasting5769 priesthood3550; because834 he was zealous7065 for his God430, and made an atonement3722 for the children1121 of Israel3478.
14Now the name8034 of the Israelite376 that was slain5221, even that was slain5221 with the Midianitish woman4084, was Zimri2174, the son1121 of Salu5543, a prince5387 of a chief1 house1004 among the Simeonites8099.
15And the name8034 of the Midianitish4084 woman802 that was slain5221 was Cozbi3579, the daughter1323 of Zur6698; he was head7218 over a people523, and of a chief1 house1004 in Midian4080.
16And the LORD3068 spake1696 unto Moses4872, saying559,
17Vex6887 the Midianites4084, and smite5221 them:
18For they vex6887 you with their wiles5231, wherewith they have beguiled5230 you in the matter1697 of Peor6465, and in the matter1697 of Cozbi3579, the daughter1323 of a prince5387 of Midian4080, their sister269, which was slain5221 in the day3117 of the plague4046 for Peor's6465 sake1697.