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¹ And Israel dwelt in Sittim, and the people beganne to commytte whordome with the doughters of the Moabites,² which called the people vnto the sacrifice of their goddes. And the people ate and worshipped their goddes,³ and Israel submytted him self vnto Baal Peor. Then the wrath of the LORDE waxed whote vpon Israel,⁴ and he sayde vnto Moses: Take all the rulers of the people, and hange them vp vnto the LORDE agaynst ye Sonne, that the terryble wrath of the LORDE maye be turned awaye from Israel.⁵ And Moses sayde vnto the iudges of Israel: Euery man slaye his captayne, that haue submytted them selues vnto Baal Peor.

⁶ And beholde, one of the childre of Israel wete in against his brethre, & ioyned him self to a Madianitish woma, in ye sighte of Moses & of the whole cogregacion of ye childre of Israel, which weped before the dore of ye Tabernacle of wytnesse.⁷ Whan Phineas ye sonne of Eleasar the sonne of Aaron ye prest sawe yt, he rose vp out of the congregacion, & toke a swerde in his hande,⁸ & wente after the man of Israel in to the whore house, & thrust the thorow, both the man of Israel and the woman, eue thorow the bely of her. Then ceassed the plage from the children of Israel,⁹ and there were slayne in the plage foure and twentye thousande.¹⁰ And ye LORDE spake vnto Moses, & saide:¹¹ Phineas the sonne of Eleasar the sonne of Aaron ye prest, hath turned my wrath awaie from the childre of Israel thorow his gelousy for my sake amonge them, yt I shulde not cosume the childre of Israel in my gelousy.¹² Wherfore saye: beholde, I geue him my couenaunt of peace,¹³ and he shal haue it, & his sede after him, eue the couenaunt of an euerlastinge presthode, because he was gelous for his Gods sake, and made an attonement for the children of Israel.¹⁴ The man of Israel that was slayne with the Madianitish woman, was called Simri the sonne of Salu, a captayne of the house of the father of the Simeonites.¹⁵ The Madianitish woman also that was slayne, was called Co?bi, ye doughter of Zur, which was a ruler of the people of a kynred amonge the Madianites.

¹⁶ And the LORDE spake vnto Moses, & sayde:¹⁷ Vexe the Madianites, & smyte them,¹⁸ for they haue vexed you with their wyles, wherby they haue bigyled you thorow Peor, and thorow their sister Co?bi the doughter of a captayne of ye Madianites, which was slayne in the daye of the plage, for Peors sake, and the plage came after.