But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained. Cross References Exodus 6:25 Aaron's son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the Levite families by their clans. Numbers 25:7 On seeing this, Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, got up from the assembly, took a spear in his hand, Numbers 25:8 followed the Israelite into his tent, and drove the spear through both of them--through the Israelite and on through the belly of the woman. So the plague against the Israelites was halted, Numbers 25:11 "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 25:12 Declare, therefore, that I am granting him My covenant of peace. Treasury of Scripture Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed. Numbers 25:6-8,14,15 Deuteronomy 13:9-11,15-17 Joshua 7:12 |