Numbers 25:13 meaning and explanation
It will be a covenant of permanent priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”
Numbers 25:13, Berean Standard Bible
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The LORD is speaking to Moses after Phinehas, Aaron's grandson, killed an Israelite man and a Midianite woman who had flouted God's judgment at Peor. God's words here explain that act: Phinehas was zealous for God's honor and so made atonement, turning aside the plague.
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