Moab Seduces Israel
(1 Corinthians 10:1–13)

1And Israel dwelt in Sittim, and the people beganne to commytte whordome with the doughters of the Moabites, 2which called the people vnto the sacrifice of their goddes. And the people ate and worshipped their goddes, 3and Israel submytted him self vnto Baal Peor. Then the wrath of the LORDE waxed whote vpon Israel, 4and 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. 5And Moses sayde vnto the iudges of Israel: Euery man slaye his captayne, that haue submytted them selues vnto Baal Peor.

The Zeal of Phinehas

6And 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. 7Whan 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, 9and there were slayne in the plage foure and twentye thousande.

10And ye LORDE spake vnto Moses, & saide: 11Phineas 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. 12Wherfore saye: beholde, I geue him my couenaunt of peace, 13and 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.

14The 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. 15The Madianitish woman also that was slayne, was called Cosbi, ye doughter of Zur, which was a ruler of the people of a kynred amonge the Madianites.

16And the LORDE spake vnto Moses, & sayde: 17Vexe the Madianites, & smyte them, 18for they haue vexed you with their wyles, wherby they haue bigyled you thorow Peor, and thorow their sister Cosbi 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.