a[2 Cor. 11:2]
bDeut. 32:16, 21; 1 Kgs. 14:22; Ps. 78:58; Zeph. 1:18; 3:8; 1 Cor. 10:22; [Ex. 20:5]
cMal. 2:4, 5
dSee 1 Chr. 6:4-15
eEx. 40:15
fch. 31:8; Josh. 13:21
gch. 31:2, 7
hch. 31:16; Rev. 2:14
iSee ch. 23:28

Numbers 25:10-18

The Zeal of Phinehas

10And the Lord said to Moses, 11“Phinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned back my wrath from the people of Israel, in that he awas jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the people of Israel in bmy jealousy. 12Therefore say, c‘Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace, 13and it shall be to him and to dhis descendants after him the covenant of ea perpetual priesthood, because he was jealous for his God and made atonement for the people of Israel.’”

14The name of the slain man of Israel, who was killed with the Midianite woman, was Zimri the son of Salu, chief of a father’s house belonging to the Simeonites. 15And the name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi the daughter of fZur, who was the tribal head of a father’s house in Midian.

16And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 17 g“Harass the Midianites and strike them down, 18for they have harassed you with their hwiles, with which they beguiled you in the matter of iPeor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the chief of Midian, their sister, who was killed on the day of the plague on account of Peor.”

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