And the LORDsaiduntoMoses, Take all the heads of the people, and hangthem up before the LORDagainst the sun, that the fierceanger of the LORD may be turnedawayfromIsrael.
And, behold, one of the children of Israelcame and broughtunto his brethren a Midianitishwoman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who wereweepingbefore the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
And he wentafter the man of Israelinto the tent, and thrustboth of themthrough, the man of Israel, and the womanthrough her belly. So the plague was stayedfrom the children of Israel.
Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hathturned my wrathawayfrom the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sakeamongthem, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
And he shallhave it, and his seedafter him, even the covenant of an everlastingpriesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.
Now the name of the Israelitethat was slain, eventhat was slainwith the Midianitishwoman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chiefhouseamong the Simeonites.
For they vex you withtheirwiles, wherewiththeyhavebeguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, theirsister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor’ssake.