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mid´i-an-ı̄t-ish, (×”×žÖ¼×“×™× ×™×ª, ha-midhyaÌ„nı̄th, “the Midianitessâ€): The designation given to the daughter of Zur, Cozbi, whom Zimri the son of Salu brought into the camp of Israel (-18). Both were of noble parentage (, ). The majority of the people strongly resented this act of profanation (). A pestilence was raging in the camp, and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, in an outburst of zeal pursued the two delinquents and slew them by a spear-thrust through their bodies (). He obtained as a reward the immediate staying of the plague and the promise of perpetual priesthood to his family (, ).