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Then Phinehas stood up, and executed judgment, So the plague was stopped.
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Righteous Zeal Halts Judgment
Commentators explain that Phinehas took decisive, zealous action against blatant sin. In his righteous anger, he executed judgment upon offenders, and this act is what God used to stop the plague. Charles Spurgeon notes that sin sometimes requires a heavy hand, and Phinehas's intervention was a kindness to the people by halting God's wrath.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment ... - Inflicted summary punishment upon a principal offender ([Reference Numbers 25:7…
19th Century
Anglican
The licentious character of the cult of Baal-peor in Numbers 25 is expressed in the word “joined,” or, better, yoked. The Septuagint and V…
Baptist
Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them. Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment When none else would, he rose up in great zeal for the Lord of hosts; …
Those who will not wait for God's counsel will justly be given up to their own hearts' lusts, to walk in their own counsels. An undue desire, even …
