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12 So I want you to declare this: “I, your God, do pledge to Phinehas a covenant of peace, 13 not only for him but for his descendants too. I promise they will always be priests because in his jealousy for Me, Phinehas covered the wickedness of the Israelites.”

14 For the record, the Israelite man killed with the Midianite woman was Zimri (son of Salu, a leader of the Simeonite extended family).

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12 Therefore tell him I am making my covenant of peace(A) with him. 13 He and his descendants will have a covenant of a lasting priesthood,(B) because he was zealous(C) for the honor(D) of his God and made atonement(E) for the Israelites.”(F)

14 The name of the Israelite who was killed with the Midianite woman(G) was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family.(H)

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