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 That is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies;^(A) they turn their backs^(B) and run^(C) because they have been made liable to destruction.^(D) I will not be with you anymore^(E) unless you destroy whatever among you is devoted to destruction.

¹⁴ The name of the Israelite who was killed with the Midianite woman^(A) was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family.^{(B) 15} And the name of the Midianite woman who was put to death was Kozbi^(C) daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.^(D)

¹² “Pick me up and throw me into the sea,” he replied, “and it will become calm. I know that it is my fault that this great storm has come upon you.”^(A)

¹³ Instead, the men did their best to row back to land. But they could not, for the sea grew even wilder than before.^{(B) 14} Then they cried out to the Lord, “Please, Lord, do not let us die for taking this man’s life. Do not hold us accountable for killing an innocent man,^(C) for you, Lord, have done as you pleased.”^{(D) 15} Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm.^(E)