(KJV) Numbers 25¹

⥃Moab Seduces Israel ^{[ 1 Corinthians 10:1–13 ]}

[1] And Israel abode in Shittim², and the people³ began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab. [2] And they called⁴ the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed⁵ down to their gods. [3] And Israel joined⁶ himself unto Baal–peor: and the anger⁷ of the Lord was kindled against Israel. [4] And the Lord said unto Moses, Take all the heads⁸ of the people, and hang⁹ them up before the Lord against the sun, that the fierce¹⁰ anger of the Lord may be turned away from Israel. [5] And Moses said unto the judges¹¹ of Israel, Slay ye¹² every one his men that were joined unto Baal–peor.

⥃The Zeal of Phinehas

[6] And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish¹³ woman in the sight of Moses¹⁴, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who [were] weeping¹⁵ [before] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. [7] And when Phinehas¹⁶, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw [it], he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin¹⁷ in his hand; [8] And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust¹⁸ both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague¹⁹ was stayed from the children of Israel. [9] And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.²⁰²¹

[10] [¶]And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, [11] Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my²² wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake²³ among them, that I²⁴ consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy. [12] Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:²⁵ [13] And he shall have it, and his seed²⁶ after him, [even] the covenant of an everlasting²⁷ priesthood; because he was zealous²⁸ for his God, and made an atonement²⁹ 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 prince³⁰ of a chief house³¹ among the Simeonites³². [15] And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain [was] Cozbi, the daughter of Zur³³; 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:³⁴³⁵ [18] For they vex you³⁶ with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled³⁷ you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which³⁸ was slain in the day of the plague for Peor’s sake.