The Zeal of Phinehas
10 And the LORD said to Moses,
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"Phinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned back my wrath from the people of Israel, in that he
1was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the people of Israel in
2my jealousy.
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Therefore say,
3'Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace,
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and it shall be to him and to
4his descendants after him the covenant of
5a perpetual priesthood, because he was jealous for his God and made atonement for the people of Israel.'"
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The 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.
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And the name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi the daughter of
6Zur, who was the tribal head of a father's house in Midian.
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And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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7"Harass the Midianites and strike them down,
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for they have harassed you with their
8wiles, with which they beguiled you in the matter of
9Peor, 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."