Numbers 25:7-12

NSB(i) 7 Phinehas, son of Eleazar and grandson of the priest Aaron, saw this. He left the assembly and grabbed a spear in his hand. 8 He went into the tent after the Israelite man. He drove the spear through the man and into the woman’s body. Because of this, the plague that the Israelites were experiencing stopped. 9 Twenty-four thousand people died from that plague. 10 Jehovah continued speaking to Moses: 11 Jehovah said to Moses: »Phinehas, son of Eleazar and grandson of the priest Aaron, turned my fury away from the Israelites. Since he stood up for me, I did not have to stand up for myself and destroy them. 12 »Tell Phinehas that I now make a promise of peace to him.