When Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, saw this, he left the assembly, took a spear in his hand and followed the Israelite into the tent. He drove the spear into both of them, right through the Israelite man and into the woman’s stomach. Then the plague against the Israelites was stopped... (Numbers 25:7-8)
This story reports that Israeli men are having relations with Midianite women, and so being led to worship Midian's idols. One Israelite-Midianite pair was killed on the spot by Phineas.
It makes me think how differently Jesus dealt with an illicit relationship, albeit an altogether different context. See the Bible's book of John, chapter 8 verses 2 through 11.
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