Numbers 25:6-18

6Then behold, one of the sons of Israel came and brought to his relatives a 1Midianite woman, in the sight of Moses and in the sight of the whole congregation of the sons of Israel, 2while they were weeping at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 73When Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation and took a spear in his hand, 8and he went after the man of Israel into the inner room of the tent and pierced both of them, the man of Israel and the woman, through the abdomen. 4So the plague on the sons of Israel was brought to a halt. 95But those who died from the plague were twenty-four thousand in number.

10Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 11“6Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has averted My wrath from the sons of Israel in that he was 7jealous with My 8jealousy among them, so that I did not destroy the sons of Israel 9in My 10jealousy. 12Therefore say, ‘11Behold, I am giving him My 12covenant of peace; 13and it shall be for him and for his 13descendants after him, a covenant of a 14permanent priesthood, because he was 15jealous for his God and 16made atonement for the sons of Israel.’”

14Now the name of the 17dead 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. 15And the name of the Midianite woman who was killed was 18Cozbi the daughter of 19Zur, 20who was head of the people of a father’s household in Midian.

16Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 17“21Be hostile to the Midianites and attack them; 18for 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.”