Numbers 25

While Israel abode in Shittim the people commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab, Numbers 25:1 . They become idolaters, Numbers 25:2 . The anger of the Lord is kindled against them, and he commands the ringleaders to be hanged, Numbers 25:3 , Numbers 25:4 . Moses causes the judges to slay the transgressors, Numbers 25:5 . Zimri, one of the Israelitish princes of the tribe of Simeon, brings a Midianitish princess, named Cozbi, into his tent, while the people are deploring their iniquity before the tabernacle, Numbers 25:6 . Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, incensed by this insult to the laws and worship of God, runs after them and pierces them both with a javelin, Numbers 25:7 , Numbers 25:8 . Twenty-four thousand die of the plague, sent as a punishment for their iniquity, Numbers 25:9 . The Lord grants to Phinehas a covenant of peace and an everlasting priesthood, Numbers 25:10-13 . The name and quality of the Israelitish man and Midianitish woman, Numbers 25:14 , Numbers 25:15 . God commands the Israelites to vex and smite the Midianites, who had seduced them to the worship of Baal-peor, Numbers 25:16-18 .