⁶ Then an Israelite man brought into the camp a Midianite^(A) woman right before the eyes of Moses and the whole assembly of Israel while they were weeping^(B) at the entrance to the tent of meeting. ⁷ When Phinehas^(C) son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, saw this, he left the assembly, took a spear^(D) in his hand ⁸ and followed the Israelite into the tent. He drove the spear into both of them, right through the Israelite man and into the woman’s stomach. Then the plague against the Israelites was stopped;^(E)

¹² She caught him by his cloak^(A) and said, “Come to bed with me!”^(B) But he left his cloak in her hand and ran out of the house.^(C)

³³ All prostitutes receive gifts,^(A) but you give gifts^(B) to all your lovers, bribing them to come to you from everywhere for your illicit favors.^(C)

⁷ But the people of Israel are not willing to listen^(A) to you because they are not willing to listen to me, for all the Israelites are hardened and obstinate.^{(B) 8} But I will make you as unyielding and hardened as they are.^{(C) 9} I will make your forehead^(D) like the hardest stone, harder than flint.^(E) Do not be afraid of them or terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people.^(F)”

⁶ And you, son of man, do not be afraid^(A) of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns^(B) are all around you and you live among scorpions. Do not be afraid of what they say or be terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people.^(C)

⁴ The people to whom I am sending you are obstinate and stubborn.^(A) Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says.’^(B)