Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.
Parallel translations
- WEB Then Phinehas stood up, and executed judgment, so the plague was stopped.
- BSB But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.
- NKJV Then Phinehas stood up and intervened, And the plague was stopped.
- NASB Then Phinehas stood up and intervened, And so the plague was brought to a halt.
- NLT But Phinehas had the courage to intervene, and the plague was stopped.
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Quick answer
Phinehas stood up and executed judgment, and the plague was stopped. It matters because zealous action for God's holiness halted the wrath.
Overview
Phinehas intervened decisively against the sin at Peor, and the plague ceased (Numbers 25:7-8). His zeal for God's honor turned away God's anger. The verse honors righteous zeal that upholds God's holiness, while ultimately the plague of sin is stayed only by Christ.
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- Num 25:6–8And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
- Josh 7:12Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.
- Num 25:14–15Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites.
- Jonah 1:12–15And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.
- Deut 13:9–11But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
- 1 Kgs 18:40–41And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
- Deut 13:15–17Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.
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