Numbers 25:10-18 - The Aftermath

¹⁰ The Lord spoke to Moses: ¹¹ "Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my anger away from the Israelites, when he manifested such zeal for my sake among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in my zeal. ¹² Therefore, announce: 'I am going to give to him my covenant of peace. ¹³ So it will be to him and his descendants after him a covenant of a permanent priesthood, because he has been zealous for his God, and has made atonement for the Israelites.'"

¹⁴ Now the name of the Israelite who was stabbed -- the one who was stabbed with the Midianite woman -- was Zimri son of Salu, a leader of a clan of the Simeonites. ¹⁵ The name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi daughter of Zur. He was a leader over the people of a clan of Midian.

¹⁶ Then the Lord spoke to Moses: ¹⁷ "Bring trouble to the Midianites, and destroy them, ¹⁸ because they bring trouble to you by their treachery with which they have deceived you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, who was killed on the day of the plague that happened as a result of Peor."