Moab Seduces Israel
(1 Corinthians 10:1–13)
While Israel was staying in Shittim, 1 the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab, 1Co 10:8Jos 2:1Num 33:49Mic 6:5Rev 2:14Jos 3:1Num 31:15-16Ecc 7:26 who also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to these gods. 1Co 10:20Exo 20:5Exo 34:15-16Hos 9:10Psa 106:281Ki 11:1-8Jos 22:17Rev 2:14 So Israel joined in worshiping Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD burned against them. Hos 9:10Jos 22:17Psa 106:28-29Deu 4:3-4Jdg 2:14Jdg 2:20Jer 17:4Num 25:5
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that His fierce anger may turn away from Israel.” Deu 13:17Deu 4:32Sa 21:6Deu 21:23Num 25:112Sa 21:9Deu 13:13Deu 13:15
So Moses told the judges of Israel, “Each of you must kill all of his men who have joined in worshiping Baal of Peor.” 1Ki 18:40Exo 18:21Deu 13:13Deu 13:15Deu 13:6Deu 13:9Deu 17:3-5Exo 18:25-26
The Zeal of Phinehas
Just then an Israelite man brought to his family a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and the whole congregation of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. Jol 2:17Num 22:42Pe 2:13-15Deu 29:19-21Ezk 9:4-6Ezr 10:6-9Ezr 9:1-4Isa 22:12 On seeing this, Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, got up from the assembly, took a spear in his hand, Exo 6:251Sa 18:10-111Sa 19:9Jdg 20:28Jos 22:30-31Psa 106:30 followed the Israelite into his tent, and drove the spear through both of them—through the Israelite and on through the belly of the woman. Num 16:46-48Psa 106:29-311Ch 21:222Sa 24:25Num 25:11Num 25:5
So the plague against the Israelites was halted, but those who died in the plague numbered 24,000. 1Co 10:8Deu 4:3-4Num 25:4-5Num 14:37Num 16:49-50Num 31:16
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned My wrath away from the Israelites; for he was zealous for My sake among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in My zeal. Deu 32:16Deu 32:21Psa 78:581Co 10:221Ki 14:222Co 11:2Exo 20:5Zep 1:18 Declare, therefore, that I am granting him My covenant of peace. Mal 2:4-5Isa 54:10Mal 3:1Num 13:29Ezk 34:25 It will be a covenant of permanent priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.” Heb 2:171Ch 6:4-151Pe 2:5Exo 40:15Jer 33:18Jer 33:22Psa 106:31Rom 10:2-4
The name of the Israelite who was slain with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family. 2Ch 19:7Num 1:23Num 25:4-5Num 26:14 And the name of the slain Midianite woman was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family. Num 31:8Jos 13:21Num 25:18
And the LORD said to Moses, “Attack the Midianites and strike them dead. Num 31:1-3Rev 18:6 For they assailed you deceitfully when they seduced you in the matter of Peor and their sister Cozbi, the daughter of the Midianite leader, the woman who was killed on the day the plague came because of Peor.” Rev 2:142Co 11:32Pe 2:14-152Pe 2:18Exo 32:21Exo 32:35Gen 26:10Gen 3:13