Numbers 25:11

⁹ but those who died in the plague numbered 24,000.

¹⁰ Then the LORD said to Moses,

“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.

¹² Declare, therefore, that I am granting him My covenant of peace.

¹³ It will be a covenant of permanent priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: “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.
KJV: Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
WEB: “Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I didn’t consume the children of Israel in my jealousy.
ASV: Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
DARBY: Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
BLB: “Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned back My wrath from the sons of Israel, because he was zealous with My zeal in their midst, so that I did not consume the sons of Israel in My zeal.

ÅB: Pinehas, sønn av Eleasar og sønnesønn av Aron, presten, har avvendt min vrede fra Israels barn, fordi han brant av min nidkjærhet iblant dem, så jeg ikke gjorde ende på Israels barn i min nidkjærhet.
OTB: "Pinehas, sønn av Eleasar, sønn av presten Aron, har vendt min vrede bort fra israelittene, for han var nidkjær som jeg blant dem, så jeg ikke ødela israelittene i min nidkjærhet.
B1930: Pinehas, sønn av Eleasar og sønnesønn av Aron, presten, har avvendt min vrede fra Israels barn, fordi han brente av min nidkjærhet iblandt dem, så jeg ikke gjorde ende på Israels barn i min nidkjærhet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Deuteronomy 32:16
They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations.
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Deuteronomy 32:21
They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.
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Psalms 78:58
They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.
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1 Kings 14:22
And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and by the sins they committed they provoked Him to jealous anger more than all their fathers had done.
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2 Corinthians 11:2
I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
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Zephaniah 3:8
Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation— all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy.
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Exodus 20:5
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
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1 Corinthians 10:22
Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
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