Numbers 25:7-13

7Phinehas, son of Eleazar and grandson of the priest Aaron, saw this. So he left the assembly, took a spear in his hand,

8and went into the tent after the Israelite man. He drove the spear through the man and into the woman’s body. Because of this, the plague that the Israelites were experiencing stopped.

9However, 24,000 people died from that plague.

10Then the Lord said to Moses,

11“Phinehas, son of Eleazar and grandson of the priest Aaron, turned my fury away from the Israelites. Since he stood up for me, I didn’t have to stand up for myself and destroy them.

12So tell Phinehas that I’m making a promise of peace to him.

13My promise is that he and his descendants will be priests permanently because he stood up for his God and he made peace with the Lord for the Israelites.”