The Deaths of Zimri and Cozbi and God’s Covenant with Phinehas
During a period of widespread unfaithfulness, an Israelite leader named Zimri brought a Midianite woman named Cozbi into the Israelite camp. Phinehas, the grandson of Aaron the priest, responded by taking a spear and killing them both. The plague that had struck Israel then stopped, and God announced a covenant of peace with Phinehas and … Read more