KJV King James Version
Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and [so] the plague was stayed.
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Psalm 106:30
Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and [so] the plague was stayed.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.
WEB World English Bible
Then Phinehas stood up, and executed judgment, so the plague was stopped.
ASV American Standard Version
Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment; And so the plague was stayed.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Phinehas standeth, and executeth judgment, And the plague is restrained,
Surrounding context — Psalm 106
27 To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.
28 They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
29 Thus they provoked [him] to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.
30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and [so] the plague was stayed.
31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.
32 They angered [him] also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
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Numbers 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.Numbers 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.Joshua 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.Deuteronomy 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 Kings 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.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.Deuteronomy 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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