Bible verse
Declare, therefore, that I am granting him My covenant of peace.
Numbers 25:12 · BSB
The verses around it, from Numbers 25.
8 followed the Israelite into his tent, and drove the spear through both of them—through the Israelite and on through the belly of the woman. So the plague against the Israelites was halted,
9 but those who died in the plague numbered 24,000.
10 Then the LORD said to Moses,
11 “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.
12 Declare, therefore, that I am granting him My covenant of peace.
13 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.”
14 The name of the Israelite who was slain with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family.
15 And the name of the slain Midianite woman was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.
16 And the LORD said to Moses,
KJV
Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:
ASV
Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:
ERV
Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:
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