So Moses said to the judges of Israel, “Each of you (A)kill his men who have [a]become followers of [b]Baal of Peor.”

Then behold, one of the sons of Israel came and brought to his relatives a (B)Midianite woman, in the sight of Moses and in the sight of the whole congregation of the sons of Israel, (C)while they were weeping at the entrance of the tent of meeting. (D)When Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation and took a spear in his hand,

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 25:5 Lit bound themselves to
  2. Numbers 25:5 Or Baal-peor

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