The Israelites associate with Moabite women and begin to worship their god, the Baal of Peor. The Israelites kneel before the idol and participate in sacrifices in the background. Moses had ordered all worshippers of the Baal to be killed. In the foreground, Pinechas obeys this command by killing the Israelite Zimri and the Midianite woman Kozbi, who are making love in a tent. Below the image a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Num. 25. Israel worships the Baal of Peor and Pinechas kills Zimri and Kozbi History of Bileam Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris testamenti , Maerten de Vos

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