Numbers 25:3–12

3 And Israel ejoined himself unto fBaal-peor: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel. 4 And the Lord said unto Moses, gTake all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the Lord against the sun, hthat the fierce anger of the Lord may be turned away from Israel. 5 And Moses said unto ithe judges of Israel, kSlay ye every one his men that were joined unto fBaal-peor. 6 And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were lweeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 7 And mwhen Phinehas, nthe son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand; 8 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So othe plague was stayed from the children of Israel. 9 And pthose that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.

10 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, qhath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous †for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in rmy jealousy. 12 Wherefore say, sBehold, I give unto him my covenant of peace: