6 But just then, there came one of the Israelites bringing near to his brothers a Midʹi·an·ite woman+ before the eyes of Moses and of all the assembly of the Israelites, while they were weeping at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 7 When Phinʹe·has+ the son of El·e·aʹzar the son of Aaron the priest saw it, he immediately rose up from the midst of the assembly and took a spear* in his hand. 8 Then he went after the man of Israel into the tent and pierced both of them through, the man of Israel and the woman through her genital parts. At that the scourge on the Israelites was halted.+

11 and stop sharing in the unfruitful works that belong to the darkness;+ rather, expose them for what they are.