Psalms 106:30
Then Phinehas got up, and made prayer for them; and the disease went no farther.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.
In Context
29So they made him angry by their behaviour; and he sent disease on them.
31And all the generations coming after him kept the memory of his righteousness for ever.
Cross References
Numbers 25:7And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, seeing it, got up from among the people and took a spear in his hand,
Deuteronomy 13:9But put him to death without question; let your hand be the first stretched out against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.
Joshua 7:12For this reason the children of Israel have given way, turning their backs in flight before their attackers, because they are cursed: I will no longer be with you, if you do not put the cursed thing away from among you.
Ezra 7:5The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest:
Jonah 1:12And he said to them, Take me up and put me into the sea, and the sea will become calm for you: for I am certain that because of me this great storm has come on you.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 106:14-34
Provocation of Israel in the Wilderness. 13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: 14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. 15 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. 16 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the Lord . 17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram. 18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. 19 They made a calf in Horeb, and… Read the whole commentary →