Leviticus 18:9 NRSV-CI
[9] You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether born at home or born abroad.
Deuteronomy 22:13-30 NRSV-CI
[13] Suppose a man marries a woman, but after going in to her, he dislikes her [14] and makes up charges against her, slandering her by saying, “I married this woman; but when I lay with her, I did not find evidence of her virginity.” [15] The father of the young woman and her mother shall then submit the evidence of the young woman’s virginity to the elders of the city at the gate. [16] The father of the young woman shall say to the elders: “I gave my daughter in marriage to this man but he dislikes her; [17] now he has made up charges against her, saying, ‘I did not find evidence of your daughter’s virginity.’ But here is the evidence of my daughter’s virginity.” Then they shall spread out the cloth before the elders of the town. [18] The elders of that town shall take the man and punish him; [19] they shall fine him one hundred shekels of silver (which they shall give to the young woman’s father) because he has slandered a virgin of Israel. She shall remain his wife; he shall not be permitted to divorce her as long as he lives. [20] If, however, this charge is true, that evidence of the young woman’s virginity was not found, [21] then they shall bring the young woman out to the entrance of her father’s house and the men of her town shall stone her to death, because she committed a disgraceful act in Israel by prostituting herself in her father’s house. So you shall purge the evil from your midst. [22] If a man is caught lying with the wife of another man, both of them shall die, the man who lay with the woman as well as the woman. So you shall purge the evil from Israel. [23] If there is a young woman, a virgin already engaged to be married, and a man meets her in the town and lies with her, [24] you shall bring both of them to the gate of that town and stone them to death, the young woman because she did not cry for help in the town and the man because he violated his neighbor’s wife. So you shall purge the evil from your midst. [25] But if the man meets the engaged woman in the open country, and the man seizes her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die. [26] You shall do nothing to the young woman; the young woman has not committed an offense punishable by death, because this case is like that of someone who attacks and murders a neighbor. [27] Since he found her in the open country, the engaged woman may have cried for help, but there was no one to rescue her. [28] If a man meets a virgin who is not engaged, and seizes her and lies with her, and they are caught in the act, [29] the man who lay with her shall give fifty shekels of silver to the young woman’s father, and she shall become his wife. Because he violated her he shall not be permitted to divorce her as long as he lives. [30] A man shall not marry his father’s wife, thereby violating his father’s rights.
Deuteronomy 27:1-26 NRSV-CI
[1] Then Moses and the elders of Israel charged all the people as follows: Keep the entire commandment that I am commanding you today. [2] On the day that you cross over the Jordan into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall set up large stones and cover them with plaster. [3] You shall write on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over, to enter the land that the Lord your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, promised you. [4] So when you have crossed over the Jordan, you shall set up these stones, about which I am commanding you today, on Mount Ebal, and you shall cover them with plaster. [5] And you shall build an altar there to the Lord your God, an altar of stones on which you have not used an iron tool. [6] You must build the altar of the Lord your God of unhewn stones. Then offer up burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God, [7] make sacrifices of well-being, and eat them there, rejoicing before the Lord your God. [8] You shall write on the stones all the words of this law very clearly. [9] Then Moses and the levitical priests spoke to all Israel, saying: Keep silence and hear, O Israel! This very day you have become the people of the Lord your God. [10] Therefore obey the Lord your God, observing his commandments and his statutes that I am commanding you today. [11] The same day Moses charged the people as follows: [12] When you have crossed over the Jordan, these shall stand on Mount Gerizim for the blessing of the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin. [13] And these shall stand on Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. [14] Then the Levites shall declare in a loud voice to all the Israelites: [15] “Cursed be anyone who makes an idol or casts an image, anything abhorrent to the Lord, the work of an artisan, and sets it up in secret.” All the people shall respond, saying, “Amen!” [16] “Cursed be anyone who dishonors father or mother.” All the people shall say, “Amen!” [17] “Cursed be anyone who moves a neighbor’s boundary marker.” All the people shall say, “Amen!” [18] “Cursed be anyone who misleads a blind person on the road.” All the people shall say, “Amen!” [19] “Cursed be anyone who deprives the alien, the orphan, and the widow of justice.” All the people shall say, “Amen!” [20] “Cursed be anyone who lies with his father’s wife, because he has violated his father’s rights.” All the people shall say, “Amen!” [21] “Cursed be anyone who lies with any animal.” All the people shall say, “Amen!” [22] “Cursed be anyone who lies with his sister, whether the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.” All the people shall say, “Amen!” [23] “Cursed be anyone who lies with his mother-in-law.” All the people shall say, “Amen!” [24] “Cursed be anyone who strikes down a neighbor in secret.” All the people shall say, “Amen!” [25] “Cursed be anyone who takes a bribe to shed innocent blood.” All the people shall say, “Amen!” [26] “Cursed be anyone who does not uphold the words of this law by observing them.” All the people shall say, “Amen!”
2 Samuel 13:1-39 NRSV-CI
[1] Some time passed. David’s son Absalom had a beautiful sister whose name was Tamar; and David’s son Amnon fell in love with her. [2] Amnon was so tormented that he made himself ill because of his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin and it seemed impossible to Amnon to do anything to her. [3] But Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah; and Jonadab was a very crafty man. [4] He said to him, “O son of the king, why are you so haggard morning after morning? Will you not tell me?” Amnon said to him, “I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.” [5] Jonadab said to him, “Lie down on your bed, and pretend to be ill; and when your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat, and prepare the food in my sight, so that I may see it and eat it from her hand.’ ” [6] So Amnon lay down, and pretended to be ill; and when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.” [7] Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, “Go to your brother Amnon’s house, and prepare food for him.” [8] So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house, where he was lying down. She took dough, kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and baked the cakes. [9] Then she took the pan and set them out before him, but he refused to eat. Amnon said, “Send out everyone from me.” So everyone went out from him. [10] Then Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food into the chamber, so that I may eat from your hand.” So Tamar took the cakes she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother. [11] But when she brought them near him to eat, he took hold of her, and said to her, “Come, lie with me, my sister.” [12] She answered him, “No, my brother, do not force me; for such a thing is not done in Israel; do not do anything so vile! [13] As for me, where could I carry my shame? And as for you, you would be as one of the scoundrels in Israel. Now therefore, I beg you, speak to the king; for he will not withhold me from you.” [14] But he would not listen to her; and being stronger than she, he forced her and lay with her. [15] Then Amnon was seized with a very great loathing for her; indeed, his loathing was even greater than the lust he had felt for her. Amnon said to her, “Get out!” [16] But she said to him, “No, my brother; for this wrong in sending me away is greater than the other that you did to me.” But he would not listen to her. [17] He called the young man who served him and said, “Put this woman out of my presence, and bolt the door after her.” [18] (Now she was wearing a long robe with sleeves; for this is how the virgin daughters of the king were clothed in earlier times.) So his servant put her out, and bolted the door after her. [19] But Tamar put ashes on her head, and tore the long robe that she was wearing; she put her hand on her head, and went away, crying aloud as she went. [20] Her brother Absalom said to her, “Has Amnon your brother been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister; he is your brother; do not take this to heart.” So Tamar remained, a desolate woman, in her brother Absalom’s house. [21] When King David heard of all these things, he became very angry, but he would not punish his son Amnon, because he loved him, for he was his firstborn. [22] But Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had raped his sister Tamar. [23] After two full years Absalom had sheepshearers at Baal-hazor, which is near Ephraim, and Absalom invited all the king’s sons. [24] Absalom came to the king, and said, “Your servant has sheepshearers; will the king and his servants please go with your servant?” [25] But the king said to Absalom, “No, my son, let us not all go, or else we will be burdensome to you.” He pressed him, but he would not go but gave him his blessing. [26] Then Absalom said, “If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us.” The king said to him, “Why should he go with you?” [27] But Absalom pressed him until he let Amnon and all the king’s sons go with him. Absalom made a feast like a king’s feast. [28] Then Absalom commanded his servants, “Watch when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon,’ then kill him. Do not be afraid; have I not myself commanded you? Be courageous and valiant.” [29] So the servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king’s sons rose, and each mounted his mule and fled. [30] While they were on the way, the report came to David that Absalom had killed all the king’s sons, and not one of them was left. [31] The king rose, tore his garments, and lay on the ground; and all his servants who were standing by tore their garments. [32] But Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, said, “Let not my lord suppose that they have killed all the young men the king’s sons; Amnon alone is dead. This has been determined by Absalom from the day Amnon raped his sister Tamar. [33] Now therefore, do not let my lord the king take it to heart, as if all the king’s sons were dead; for Amnon alone is dead.” [34] But Absalom fled. When the young man who kept watch looked up, he saw many people coming from the Horonaim road by the side of the mountain. [35] Jonadab said to the king, “See, the king’s sons have come; as your servant said, so it has come about.” [36] As soon as he had finished speaking, the king’s sons arrived, and raised their voices and wept; and the king and all his servants also wept very bitterly. [37] But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. David mourned for his son day after day. [38] Absalom, having fled to Geshur, stayed there three years. [39] And the heart of the king went out, yearning for Absalom; for he was now consoled over the death of Amnon.
Song of Solomon 3:1-11 NRSV-CI
[1] Upon my bed at night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he gave no answer. [2] “I will rise now and go about the city, in the streets and in the squares; I will seek him whom my soul loves.” I sought him, but found him not. [3] The sentinels found me, as they went about in the city. “Have you seen him whom my soul loves?” [4] Scarcely had I passed them, when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not let him go until I brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me. [5] I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the wild does: do not stir up or awaken love until it is ready! [6] What is that coming up from the wilderness, like a column of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the fragrant powders of the merchant? [7] Look, it is the litter of Solomon! Around it are sixty mighty men of the mighty men of Israel, [8] all equipped with swords and expert in war, each with his sword at his thigh because of alarms by night. [9] King Solomon made himself a palanquin from the wood of Lebanon. [10] He made its posts of silver, its back of gold, its seat of purple; its interior was inlaid with love. Daughters of Jerusalem, [11] come out. Look, O daughters of Zion, at King Solomon, at the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding, on the day of the gladness of his heart.
Song of Solomon 4:1-16 NRSV-CI
[1] How beautiful you are, my love, how very beautiful! Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats, moving down the slopes of Gilead. [2] Your teeth are like a flock of shorn ewes that have come up from the washing, all of which bear twins, and not one among them is bereaved. [3] Your lips are like a crimson thread, and your mouth is lovely. Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate behind your veil. [4] Your neck is like the tower of David, built in courses; on it hang a thousand bucklers, all of them shields of warriors. [5] Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, that feed among the lilies. [6] Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, I will hasten to the mountain of myrrh and the hill of frankincense. [7] You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you. [8] Come with me from Lebanon, my bride; come with me from Lebanon. Depart from the peak of Amana, from the peak of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of lions, from the mountains of leopards. [9] You have ravished my heart, my sister, my bride, you have ravished my heart with a glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace. [10] How sweet is your love, my sister, my bride! how much better is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your oils than any spice! [11] Your lips distill nectar, my bride; honey and milk are under your tongue; the scent of your garments is like the scent of Lebanon. [12] A garden locked is my sister, my bride, a garden locked, a fountain sealed. [13] Your channel is an orchard of pomegranates with all choicest fruits, henna with nard, [14] nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense, myrrh and aloes, with all chief spices— [15] a garden fountain, a well of living water, and flowing streams from Lebanon. [16] Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind! Blow upon my garden that its fragrance may be wafted abroad. Let my beloved come to his garden, and eat its choicest fruits.
Song of Solomon 5:1-16 NRSV-CI
[1] I come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I gather my myrrh with my spice, I eat my honeycomb with my honey, I drink my wine with my milk. Eat, friends, drink, and be drunk with love. [2] I slept, but my heart was awake. Listen! my beloved is knocking. “Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my perfect one; for my head is wet with dew, my locks with the drops of the night.” [3] I had put off my garment; how could I put it on again? I had bathed my feet; how could I soil them? [4] My beloved thrust his hand into the opening, and my inmost being yearned for him. [5] I arose to open to my beloved, and my hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh, upon the handles of the bolt. [6] I opened to my beloved, but my beloved had turned and was gone. My soul failed me when he spoke. I sought him, but did not find him; I called him, but he gave no answer. [7] Making their rounds in the city the sentinels found me; they beat me, they wounded me, they took away my mantle, those sentinels of the walls. [8] I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, tell him this: I am faint with love. [9] What is your beloved more than another beloved, O fairest among women? What is your beloved more than another beloved, that you thus adjure us? [10] My beloved is all radiant and ruddy, distinguished among ten thousand. [11] His head is the finest gold; his locks are wavy, black as a raven. [12] His eyes are like doves beside springs of water, bathed in milk, fitly set. [13] His cheeks are like beds of spices, yielding fragrance. His lips are lilies, distilling liquid myrrh. [14] His arms are rounded gold, set with jewels. His body is ivory work, encrusted with sapphires. [15] His legs are alabaster columns, set upon bases of gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, choice as the cedars. [16] His speech is most sweet, and he is altogether desirable. This is my beloved and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
Genesis 34:1-31 NRSV-CI
[1] Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the region. [2] When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the region, saw her, he seized her and lay with her by force. [3] And his soul was drawn to Dinah daughter of Jacob; he loved the girl, and spoke tenderly to her. [4] So Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me this girl to be my wife.” [5] Now Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah; but his sons were with his cattle in the field, so Jacob held his peace until they came. [6] And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him, [7] just as the sons of Jacob came in from the field. When they heard of it, the men were indignant and very angry, because he had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter, for such a thing ought not to be done. [8] But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The heart of my son Shechem longs for your daughter; please give her to him in marriage. [9] Make marriages with us; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves. [10] You shall live with us; and the land shall be open to you; live and trade in it, and get property in it.” [11] Shechem also said to her father and to her brothers, “Let me find favor with you, and whatever you say to me I will give. [12] Put the marriage present and gift as high as you like, and I will give whatever you ask me; only give me the girl to be my wife.” [13] The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully, because he had defiled their sister Dinah. [14] They said to them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised, for that would be a disgrace to us. [15] Only on this condition will we consent to you: that you will become as we are and every male among you be circumcised. [16] Then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters for ourselves, and we will live among you and become one people. [17] But if you will not listen to us and be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and be gone.” [18] Their words pleased Hamor and Hamor’s son Shechem. [19] And the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter. Now he was the most honored of all his family. [20] So Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying, [21] “These people are friendly with us; let them live in the land and trade in it, for the land is large enough for them; let us take their daughters in marriage, and let us give them our daughters. [22] Only on this condition will they agree to live among us, to become one people: that every male among us be circumcised as they are circumcised. [23] Will not their livestock, their property, and all their animals be ours? Only let us agree with them, and they will live among us.” [24] And all who went out of the city gate heeded Hamor and his son Shechem; and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city. [25] On the third day, when they were still in pain, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and came against the city unawares, and killed all the males. [26] They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away. [27] And the other sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because their sister had been defiled. [28] They took their flocks and their herds, their donkeys, and whatever was in the city and in the field. [29] All their wealth, all their little ones and their wives, all that was in the houses, they captured and made their prey. [30] Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me odious to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites; my numbers are few, and if they gather themselves against me and attack me, I shall be destroyed, both I and my household.” [31] But they said, “Should our sister be treated like a whore?”
Genesis 35:1-7 NRSV-CI
[1] God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.” [2] So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your clothes; [3] then come, let us go up to Bethel, that I may make an altar there to the God who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone.” [4] So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that they had, and the rings that were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak that was near Shechem. [5] As they journeyed, a terror from God fell upon the cities all around them, so that no one pursued them. [6] Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him, [7] and there he built an altar and called the place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother.
Genesis 49:5-8 NRSV-CI
[5] Simeon and Levi are brothers; weapons of violence are their swords. [6] May I never come into their council; may I not be joined to their company— for in their anger they killed men, and at their whim they hamstrung oxen. [7] Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. [8] Judah, your brothers shall praise you; your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down before you.
Deuteronomy 7:1-26 NRSV-CI
[1] When the Lord your God brings you into the land that you are about to enter and occupy, and he clears away many nations before you—the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations mightier and more numerous than you— [2] and when the Lord your God gives them over to you and you defeat them, then you must utterly destroy them. Make no covenant with them and show them no mercy. [3] Do not intermarry with them, giving your daughters to their sons or taking their daughters for your sons, [4] for that would turn away your children from following me, to serve other gods. Then the anger of the Lord would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you quickly. [5] But this is how you must deal with them: break down their altars, smash their pillars, hew down their sacred poles, and burn their idols with fire. [6] For you are a people holy to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on earth to be his people, his treasured possession. [7] It was not because you were more numerous than any other people that the Lord set his heart on you and chose you—for you were the fewest of all peoples. [8] It was because the Lord loved you and kept the oath that he swore to your ancestors, that the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. [9] Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who maintains covenant loyalty with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations, [10] and who repays in their own person those who reject him. He does not delay but repays in their own person those who reject him. [11] Therefore, observe diligently the commandment—the statutes, and the ordinances—that I am commanding you today. [12] If you heed these ordinances, by diligently observing them, the Lord your God will maintain with you the covenant loyalty that he swore to your ancestors; [13] he will love you, bless you, and multiply you; he will bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the issue of your flock, in the land that he swore to your ancestors to give you. [14] You shall be the most blessed of peoples, with neither sterility nor barrenness among you or your livestock. [15] The Lord will turn away from you every illness; all the dread diseases of Egypt that you experienced, he will not inflict on you, but he will lay them on all who hate you. [16] You shall devour all the peoples that the Lord your God is giving over to you, showing them no pity; you shall not serve their gods, for that would be a snare to you. [17] If you say to yourself, “These nations are more numerous than I; how can I dispossess them?” [18] do not be afraid of them. Just remember what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt, [19] the great trials that your eyes saw, the signs and wonders, the mighty hand and the outstretched arm by which the Lord your God brought you out. The Lord your God will do the same to all the peoples of whom you are afraid. [20] Moreover, the Lord your God will send the pestilence against them, until even the survivors and the fugitives are destroyed. [21] Have no dread of them, for the Lord your God, who is present with you, is a great and awesome God. [22] The Lord your God will clear away these nations before you little by little; you will not be able to make a quick end of them, otherwise the wild animals would become too numerous for you. [23] But the Lord your God will give them over to you, and throw them into great panic, until they are destroyed. [24] He will hand their kings over to you and you shall blot out their name from under heaven; no one will be able to stand against you, until you have destroyed them. [25] The images of their gods you shall burn with fire. Do not covet the silver or the gold that is on them and take it for yourself, because you could be ensnared by it; for it is abhorrent to the Lord your God. [26] Do not bring an abhorrent thing into your house, or you will be set apart for destruction like it. You must utterly detest and abhor it, for it is set apart for destruction.
Numbers 25:1-18 NRSV-CI
[1] While Israel was staying at Shittim, the people began to have sexual relations with the women of Moab. [2] These invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods. [3] Thus Israel yoked itself to the Baal of Peor, and the Lord’s anger was kindled against Israel. [4] The Lord said to Moses, “Take all the chiefs of the people, and impale them in the sun before the Lord, in order that the fierce anger of the Lord may turn away from Israel.” [5] And Moses said to the judges of Israel, “Each of you shall kill any of your people who have yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor.” [6] Just then one of the Israelites came and brought a Midianite woman into his family, in the sight of Moses and in the sight of the whole congregation of the Israelites, while they were weeping at the entrance of the tent of meeting. [7] When Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he got up and left the congregation. Taking a spear in his hand, [8] he went after the Israelite man into the tent, and pierced the two of them, the Israelite and the woman, through the belly. So the plague was stopped among the people of Israel. [9] Nevertheless those that died by the plague were twenty-four thousand. [10] The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: [11] “Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned back my wrath from the Israelites by manifesting such zeal among them on my behalf that in my jealousy I did not consume the Israelites. [12] Therefore say, ‘I hereby grant him my covenant of peace. [13] It shall be for him and for his descendants after him a covenant of perpetual priesthood, because he was zealous for his God, and made atonement for the Israelites.’ ” [14] The name of the slain Israelite man, who was killed with the Midianite woman, was Zimri son of Salu, head of an ancestral house belonging to the Simeonites. [15] The name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi daughter of Zur, who was the head of a clan, an ancestral house in Midian. [16] The Lord said to Moses, [17] “Harass the Midianites, and defeat them; [18] for they have harassed you by the trickery with which they deceived you in the affair of Peor, and in the affair of Cozbi, the daughter of a leader of Midian, their sister; she was killed on the day of the plague that resulted from Peor.”
Revelation 19:1-21 NRSV-CI
[1] After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power to our God, [2] for his judgments are true and just; he has judged the great whore who corrupted the earth with her fornication, and he has avenged on her the blood of his servants.” [3] Once more they said, “Hallelujah! The smoke goes up from her forever and ever.” [4] And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who is seated on the throne, saying, “Amen. Hallelujah!” [5] And from the throne came a voice saying, “Praise our God, all you his servants, and all who fear him, small and great.” [6] Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty thunderpeals, crying out, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns. [7] Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready; [8] to her it has been granted to be clothed with fine linen, bright and pure”— for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints. [9] And the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are true words of God.” [10] Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your comrades who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” [11] Then I saw heaven opened, and there was a white horse! Its rider is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. [12] His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems; and he has a name inscribed that no one knows but himself. [13] He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is called The Word of God. [14] And the armies of heaven, wearing fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses. [15] From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron; he will tread the wine press of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. [16] On his robe and on his thigh he has a name inscribed, “King of kings and Lord of lords.” [17] Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and with a loud voice he called to all the birds that fly in midheaven, “Come, gather for the great supper of God, [18] to eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of the mighty, the flesh of horses and their riders—flesh of all, both free and slave, both small and great.” [19] Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies gathered to make war against the rider on the horse and against his army. [20] And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who had performed in its presence the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. [21] And the rest were killed by the sword of the rider on the horse, the sword that came from his mouth; and all the birds were gorged with their flesh.