Numbers 25:7-12

Coverdale(i) 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,