The Zeal of Phinehas

¹⁰ Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ¹¹ “^(A)Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has averted My wrath from the sons of Israel in that he was ^[a]jealous with My ^[b]jealousy among them, so that I did not destroy the sons of Israel ^(B)in My ^[c]jealousy. ¹² Therefore say, ‘^(C)Behold, I am giving him My ^(D)covenant of peace; ¹³ and it shall be for him and for his ^[d]descendants after him, a covenant of a ^(E)permanent priesthood, because he was ^[e]jealous for his God and ^(F)made atonement for the sons of Israel.’”

¹⁴ Now the name of the ^[f]dead man of Israel who was killed with the Midianite woman, was Zimri the son of Salu, a leader of a father’s household among the Simeonites. ¹⁵ And the name of the Midianite woman who was killed was ^(G)Cozbi the daughter of ^(H)Zur, ^[g]who was head of the people of a father’s household in Midian.

¹⁶ Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁷ “^(I)Be hostile to the Midianites and attack them; ¹⁸ for they have been hostile to you with their tricks, with which they have deceived you in the matter of Peor and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the leader of Midian, their sister who was killed on the day of the plague because of Peor.”