Phinehas kills Zimri and Cozbi, and the plague stops
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Numbers 25:6–9: while the whole congregation weeps at the door of the Tent of Meeting, a man of Israel brings a Midianite woman to his brothers in the sight of Moses and the congregation. Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, takes a spear, follows the man into the pavilion and thrusts both of them through, and the plague among the children of Israel is stopped; those who died by the plague were 24,000. Numbers 25:14–15 names the two who were slain: Zimri the son of Salu, a prince of a fathers’ house among the Simeonites, and Cozbi the daughter of Zur, head of the people of a fathers’ house in Midian.
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- NUM 25:6–9, engwebp
6Behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought to his brothers a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, while they were weeping at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
7When Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the middle of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand.
8He went after the man of Israel into the pavilion, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So the plague was stopped among the children of Israel.
9Those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand.
- NUM 25:14–15, engwebp
14Now the name of the man of Israel that was slain, who was slain with the Midianite woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a fathers’ house among the Simeonites.
15The name of the Midianite woman who was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur. He was head of the people of a fathers’ house in Midian.
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Phinehas (son of Eleazar) — Took part in — Phinehas kills Zimri and Cozbi, and the plague stops
Evidence: Numbers 25:6–9, Numbers 25:14–15
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Zimri (son of Salu) — Took part in — Phinehas kills Zimri and Cozbi, and the plague stops
Evidence: Numbers 25:6–9, Numbers 25:14–15
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Cozbi — Took part in — Phinehas kills Zimri and Cozbi, and the plague stops
Evidence: Numbers 25:6–9, Numbers 25:14–15
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Phinehas kills Zimri and Cozbi, and the plague stops (event-num-25-phinehas-kills) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/event/num-25-phinehas-kills Current wording: Numbers 25:6–9: while the whole congregation weeps at the door of the Tent of Meeting, a man of Israel brings a Midianite woman to his brothers in the sight of Moses and the congregation. Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, takes a spear, follows the man into the pavilion and thrusts both of them through, and the plague among the children of Israel is stopped; those who died by the plague were 24,000. Numbers 25:14–15 names the two who were slain: Zimri the son of Salu, a prince of a fathers’ house among the Simeonites, and Cozbi the daughter of Zur, head of the people of a fathers’ house in Midian. Cited evidence: NUM 25:6–9, engwebp / NUM 25:14–15, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.