1Israel was chillin' in Shittim, but then the squad started getting freaky with the Moab girls.

2They hit up the people for some god sacrifices, and the crew was like, "Let’s eat and bow down to these gods."

3Israel linked up with Baal-peor, and God was lowkey mad at them.

4The Lord told Moses, "Gather the heads of the people and hang them up in front of me, so I can cool down on my anger towards Israel."

5Moses told the judges of Israel, "Ayo, take out all the guys who are with Baal-peor."

6Then one Israelite dude showed up with a Midian girl right in front of Moses and everyone else, who were all crying by the tabernacle door.

7Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the priest, saw this and was like, "Nah," jumped up with a javelin in hand.

8He chased the Israelite dude into the tent and stabbed both him and the girl. That’s how the plague chilled out for the Israelites.

9Twenty-four thousand peeps bit the dust in that plague.

10The Lord said to Moses,

11"Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the priest, has turned my anger away from the Israelites 'cause he was down for me, so I didn’t wipe them out."

12"So tell them, 'Check it, I’m giving him my peace deal.'"

13"He'll have it, and his kids too, like an everlasting priesthood, 'cause he was all in for his God and made things right for the Israelites."

14The Israelite who got taken out with the Midian girl was Zimri, son of Salu, a prince from the Simeon crew.

15And the Midian girl who got taken out was Cozbi, daughter of Zur; he was a big deal among his people in Midian.

16The Lord said to Moses,

17"Go after the Midianites and take them down."

18"They’re messing with you with their tricks, pulling you into that Peor drama, and Cozbi, the daughter of a Midian prince, who got taken out during that plague."

1And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

2And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.

3And Israel joined himself unto Baal–peor: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel.

4And the Lord said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the Lord against the sun, that the fierce anger of the Lord may be turned away from Israel.

5And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal–peor.

6And, 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 weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

7And when Phinehas, the 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;

8And 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 the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.

9And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.

10And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

11Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath 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 my jealousy.

12Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:

13And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.

14Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites.

15And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.

16And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

17Vex the Midianites, and smite them:

18For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor’s sake.