Numbers 25:11 meaning and explanation

“Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned My wrath away from the Israelites; for he was zealous for My sake among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in My zeal.

Numbers 25:11, Berean Standard Bible

Explanation preview

The LORD speaks to Moses after Phinehas, a priest, has killed an Israelite man and a Midianite woman who were openly defying the covenant at the Tent of Meeting. A plague has already killed twenty-four thousand.

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