1 While Israel was living at Shittim, the people degraded themselves by having illicit relations with the Moabite women.
2 These then invited the people to the sacrifices of their god, and the people ate of the sacrifices and worshiped their god.
3 When Israel thus submitted to the rites of Baal of Peor, the LORD'S anger flared up against Israel,
4 and he said to Moses, "Gather all the leaders of the people, and hold a public execution of the guilty ones before the LORD, that his blazing wrath may be turned away from Israel."
5 So Moses told the Israelite judges, "Each of you shall kill those of his men who have submitted to the rites of Baal of Peor."
6 Yet a certain Israelite came and brought in a Midianite woman to his clansmen in the view of Moses and of the whole Israelite community, while they were weeping at the entrance of the meeting tent.
7 When Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, saw this, he left the assembly, and taking a lance in hand,
8 followed the Israelite into his retreat where he pierced the pair of them, the Israelite and the woman. Thus the slaughter of Israelites was checked;
9 but only after twenty-four thousand had died.
10 Then the LORD said to Moses,
11 "Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned my anger from the Israelites by his zeal for my honor among them; that is why I did not put an end to the Israelites for the offense to my honor.
12 Announce, therefore, that I hereby give him my pledge of friendship,
13 which shall be for him and for his descendants after him the pledge of an everlasting priesthood, because he was zealous on behalf of his God and thus made amends for the Israelites."
14 The Israelite slain with the Midianite woman was Zimri, son of Salu, prince of an ancestral house of the Simeonites.
15 The slain Midianite woman was Cozbi, daughter of Zur, who was head of a clan, an ancestral house, in Midian.
16 The LORD then said to Moses,
17 "Treat the Midianites as enemies and crush them,
18 for they have been your enemies by their wily dealings with you as regards Peor and as regards their kinswoman Cozbi, the daughter of a Midianite prince, who was killed at the time of the slaughter because of Peor."
19 After the slaughter
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Chapter 25 of numbers describes how the Israelites began to prostitute themselves with Moabite women and worship their gods, bringing God's wrath upon them. The following verses are chosen based on the proximity of the chapter's themes and are related to the importance of purity and faithfulness in worshiping God:
Exodus 20:3: "You will not have other gods before me." This is the first commandment of the Ten Commandments, which prohibits the worship of any other God other than Jehovah. This is relevant to the chapter of numbers 25 because the Israelites began to worship the gods of the Moabites, which brought the wrath of God over them.
1 Corinthians 6:18: "I ran away from prostitution. Any other sin that a person commit is outside the body; but he who prostitutes himself against his own body." This verse emphasizes the importance of sexual purity and faithfulness to God. The Israelites prostituted themselves with the Moabite women, which brought the wrath of God over them.
Hebrews 13:4: "Worthy of honor among all is marriage and the bed without macula; but to those who give themselves to prostitution, and to the adulterers, God will judge them." This verse emphasizes the importance of sexual purity and marital fidelity. The Israelites prostituted themselves with Moabite women, violating these principles, which brought God's wrath on them.
2 Corinthians 6:14: "Do not put yourself in unequal yoke with unbelievers; for what society can be between justice and iniquity? This verse emphasizes the importance of doctrinal purity and faithfulness to God. The Israelites were involved with the religious practices of the Moabites, which led them to worship other gods, violating these principles, which brought God's wrath on them.
Ephesians 5:11: "And not participate in the unsuccessful works of darkness, but rather reprove them." This verse emphasizes the importance of separating from sin and evil practices. The Israelites were involved with the religious practices of the Moabites, which led them to worship other gods, violating these principles, which brought God's wrath on them.
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