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Phinehas Rewarded with Priesthood
Numbers 25:11-16
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“Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned My wrath away from the Israelites; for he was zealous for My sake among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in My zeal.
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Declare, therefore, that I am granting him My covenant of peace.
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It will be a covenant of permanent priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”
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The name of the Israelite who was slain with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family.
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And the name of the slain Midianite woman was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.
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And the LORD said to Moses,
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