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The LORDsaid to Moses, "Takeall the leaders of the people and execute them in broaddaylight before the LORD, so that the fierceanger of the LORD may turnaway from Israel."
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Then behold, one of the sons of Israelcame and brought to his relatives a Midianitewoman, in the sight of Moses and in the sight of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, while they were weeping at the doorway of the tent of meeting.
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and he wentafter the man of Israel into the tent and piercedboth of them through, the man of Israel and the woman, through the body. So the plague on the sons of Israel was checked.
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"Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turnedaway My wrath from the sons of Israel in that he was jealous with My jealousyamong them, so that I did not destroy the sons of Israel in My jealousy.
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and it shall be for him and his descendantsafter him, a covenant of a perpetualpriesthood, because* he was jealous for his God and madeatonement for the sons of Israel.' "
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Now the name of the slainman of Israelwho was slain with the Midianitewoman, was Zimri the son of Salu, a leader of a father'shousehold among the Simeonites.
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for they have beenhostile to you with their tricks, with which they have deceived you in the affair of Peor and in the affair of Cozbi, the daughter of the leader of Midian, their sister who was slain on the day of the plaguebecause* of Peor."