Numbers 25:14

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Now the name of the man of Israel that was slain, who was slain with the Midianite woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a fathers' house among the Simeonites.

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The Exodus RouteThe route of the Israelites out of Egypt through the Sinai wilderness toward Canaan.

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Shittim, in the plains of Moab east of the Jordan near Jericho, was Israel’s final camp before entering Canaan. There Israel was drawn into Moabite and Midianite-associated worship of Baal of Peor, making the killing of Zimri and the Midianite woman Cozbi central to the passage’s judgment against covenant unfaithfulness.

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Numbers 25:14 mentions Midian, Moab, Peor and Shittim.