Numbers 25:11
Phinehas the son of Elazar, the son of Aharon, the priest, hath turned away My anger from the children of Israel, in that he was zealous with My zeal among them; and I have not consumed the children of Israel in My jealousy.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
10And the Lord spake with Mosheh, saying:
12Say therefore to him (that), behold, I decree unto him My covenant of peace;
Cross References
Exodus 20:5Thou shalt not worship them nor serve them; for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God; visiting the sins of the fathers upon the rebellious children, unto the third generation and to the fourth generation of those who hate Me; while the children continue (or complete) to sin after their fathers;
Exodus 34:14For thou shalt not worship the idols of the peoples; for the Lord, Zealous is His Name, a zealous God is He.
Deuteronomy 29:20And the Lord will separate him from all the tribes of Israel unto evil, according to all the curses of the covenant which are written in the book of this law.
Deuteronomy 32:21They have moved Me to jealousy by that which is not worshipful, they have angered Me by their idolatries; and I will make them jealous by what hath not been a people, by a foolish nation will I provoke them.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 25:7-16
The Zeal of Phinehas. ( b. c. 1452.) 6 And, 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. 7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand; 8 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both… Read the whole commentary →