Min Shu Ji_Chapter 25

The Israelites lived in Shittim, and the people engaged in fornication with Moabite women.

Because this woman called the people together to offer sacrifices to their gods, and the people ate their sacrifices and knelt down to worship their gods.

The Israelites joined forces with Baalpeor, and the anger of the Lord erupted against the Israelites.

The Lord commanded Moses, saying, Hang all the heads of the people before me against the sun, so that my anger against the Israelites may be dispelled.

So Moses commanded the judges of Israel, saying, Every one of you who is associated with Baal Peor shall be put to death.

When Moses and all the Israelites were weeping at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, they did not know that a man from Israel was bringing a Midian woman to his brothers in front of them.

Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it and got up from the assembly, holding a spear in his hand,

Follow the Israelites into the pavilion and pierce through the Israelites and the woman through their stomachs. So the plague ceased among the Israelites.

At that time, 24000 people died from the plague.

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, dispelled my anger against the Israelites. Because he was among them, with my jealousy in his heart, so that I did not destroy them in my jealousy.

Therefore, you must say, I have given him my covenant of peace.

This covenant is to be given to him and his descendants as an eternal priesthood. Because he is God and has a jealous heart, he made atonement for the Israelites.

The name of the Israelite who was killed with the Midianite woman was Zilli, the son of Salu and the leader of a family in Simeon.

The Midian woman who was killed, named Cosby, was the daughter of Zur. This Suer is the leader of a clan in Midian.

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

You will disturb the Midianites and kill them.

Because they have troubled you with deceit, and have tempted you with this deceit in the matter of Peor and in the matter of their sister Cospi, the daughter of the leader of Midian. On the day of the plague, this Cosby was killed because of Peor.