Numbers 25:11

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“Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my anger away from the Israelites, when he manifested such zeal for my sake among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in my zeal.

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  • Deut 32:16 : 16 They made him jealous with other gods, they enraged him with abhorrent idols.
  • Deut 32:21 : 21 They have made me jealous with false gods, enraging me with their worthless gods; so I will make them jealous with a people they do not recognize, with a nation slow to learn I will enrage them.
  • Ps 78:58 : 58 They made him angry with their pagan shrines, and made him jealous with their idols.
  • Zeph 1:18 : 18 Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s angry judgment. The whole earth will be consumed by his fiery wrath. Indeed, he will bring terrifying destruction on all who live on the earth.”
  • Zeph 3:8 : 8 Therefore you must wait patiently for me,” says the LORD,“for the day when I attack and take plunder. I have decided to gather nations together and assemble kingdoms, so I can pour out my fury on them– all my raging anger. For the whole earth will be consumed by my fiery anger.
  • 1 Cor 10:22 : 22 Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we really stronger than he is?
  • 2 Cor 11:2 : 2 For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy, because I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
  • Exod 20:5 : 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD, your God, am a jealous God, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children to the third and fourth generations of those who reject me,
  • 1 Kgs 14:22 : 22 Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD. They made him more jealous by their sins than their ancestors had done.
  • Exod 22:5 : 5 “If a man grazes his livestock in a field or a vineyard, and he lets the livestock loose and they graze in the field of another man, he must make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.
  • Exod 34:14 : 14 For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
  • Deut 4:24 : 24 For the LORD your God is a consuming fire; he is a jealous God.
  • Deut 29:20 : 20 The LORD will be unwilling to forgive him, and his intense anger will rage against that man; all the curses written in this scroll will fall upon him and the LORD will obliterate his name from memory.
  • Josh 7:25-26 : 25 Joshua said,“Why have you brought disaster on us? The LORD will bring disaster on you today!” All Israel stoned him to death.(They also stoned and burned the others.) 26 Then they erected over him a large pile of stones(it remains to this very day) and the LORD’s anger subsided. So that place is called the Valley of Disaster to this very day.
  • Josh 24:19 : 19 Joshua warned the people,“You will not keep worshiping the LORD, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God who will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.
  • 2 Sam 21:14 : 14 They buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the land of Benjamin at Zela in the grave of his father Kish. After they had done everything that the king had commanded, God responded to their prayers for the land.
  • John 3:36 : 36 The one who believes in the Son has eternal life. The one who rejects the Son will not see life, but God’s wrath remains on him.
  • Ps 106:23 : 23 He threatened to destroy them, but Moses, his chosen one, interceded with him and turned back his destructive anger.
  • Ps 106:30 : 30 Phinehas took a stand and intervened, and the plague subsided.
  • Ezek 16:38 : 38 I will punish you as an adulteress and murderer deserves. I will avenge your bloody deeds with furious rage.
  • Nah 1:2 : 2 God Takes Vengeance against His Enemies The LORD is a zealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and very angry. The LORD takes vengeance against his foes; he sustains his rage against his enemies.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 25:7-8
    2 verses
    80%

    7When Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he got up from among the assembly, took a javelin in his hand,

    8and went after the Israelite man into the tent and thrust through the Israelite man and into the woman’s abdomen. So the plague was stopped from the Israelites.

  • Num 25:12-13
    2 verses
    77%

    12Therefore, announce:‘I am going to give to him my covenant of peace.

    13So it will be to him and his descendants after him a covenant of a permanent priesthood, because he has been zealous for his God, and has made atonement for the Israelites.’”

  • Num 25:10
    77%

    10The Aftermath The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Ps 106:30
    76%

    30Phinehas took a stand and intervened, and the plague subsided.

  • Judg 20:28
    74%

    28Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, was serving the LORD in those days),“Should we once more march out to fight the Benjaminites our brothers, or should we quit?” The LORD said,“Attack, for tomorrow I will hand them over to you.”

  • Josh 22:30-32
    3 verses
    74%

    30When Phinehas the priest and the community leaders and Israel’s clan leaders who accompanied him heard the defense of the Reubenites, Gadites, and the Manassehites, they were satisfied.

    31Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the priest, said to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the Manassehites,“Today we know that the LORD is among us, because you have not disobeyed the LORD in this. Now you have rescued the Israelites from the LORD’s judgment.”

    32Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the priest, and the leaders left the Reubenites and Gadites in the land of Gilead and reported back to the Israelites in the land of Canaan.

  • 1 Chr 9:20
    72%

    20Phinehas son of Eleazar had been their leader in earlier times, and the LORD was with him.

  • Deut 9:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    19For I was terrified at the LORD’s intense anger that threatened to destroy you. But he listened to me this time as well.

    20The LORD was also angry enough at Aaron to kill him, but at that time I prayed for him too.

  • Num 25:3
    70%

    3When Israel joined themselves to Baal-peor, the anger of the LORD flared up against Israel.

  • Josh 22:13
    70%

    13The Israelites sent Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the priest, to the land of Gilead to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

  • Deut 6:15
    69%

    15for the LORD your God, who is present among you, is a jealous God and his anger will erupt against you and remove you from the land.

  • Zech 8:2
    69%

    2“The LORD of Heaven’s Armies says,‘I am very much concerned for Zion; indeed, I am so concerned for her that my rage will fall on those who hurt her.’

  • 1 Chr 6:50
    69%

    50These were the descendants of Aaron:His son Eleazar, his son Phinehas, his son Abishua,

  • Exod 32:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    10So now, leave me alone so that my anger can burn against them and I can destroy them, and I will make from you a great nation.”

    11But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God and said,“O LORD, why does your anger burn against your people, whom you have brought out from the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

  • Lev 10:16
    69%

    16The Problem with the Inaugural Sin Offering Later Moses sought diligently for the sin offering male goat, but it had actually been burnt. So he became angry at Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s remaining sons, saying,

  • Deut 32:51
    68%

    51for both of you rebelled against me among the Israelites at the waters of Meribah Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin when you did not show me proper respect among the Israelites.

  • Deut 4:24
    68%

    24For the LORD your God is a consuming fire; he is a jealous God.

  • Deut 32:21
    68%

    21They have made me jealous with false gods, enraging me with their worthless gods; so I will make them jealous with a people they do not recognize, with a nation slow to learn I will enrage them.

  • Ps 78:21
    68%

    21When the LORD heard this, he was furious. A fire broke out against Jacob, and his anger flared up against Israel,

  • Ps 106:23
    68%

    23He threatened to destroy them, but Moses, his chosen one, interceded with him and turned back his destructive anger.

  • Isa 48:9
    68%

    9For the sake of my reputation I hold back my anger; for the sake of my prestige I restrain myself from destroying you.

  • Joel 2:18
    67%

    18The LORD’s Response Then the LORD became zealous for his land; he had compassion on his people.

  • Deut 1:37
    67%

    37As for me, the LORD was also angry with me on your account. He said,“You also will not be able to go there.

  • Num 18:5
    67%

    5You will be responsible for the care of the sanctuary and the care of the altar, so that there will be no more wrath on the Israelites.

  • Num 31:16
    67%

    16Look, these people through the counsel of Balaam caused the Israelites to act treacherously against the LORD in the matter of Peor– which resulted in the plague among the community of the LORD!

  • Zech 1:14
    67%

    14Turning to me, the messenger then said,“Cry out that the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says,‘I am very much moved for Jerusalem and for Zion.

  • Num 16:45-46
    2 verses
    67%

    45“Get away from this community, so that I can consume them in an instant!” But they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.

    46Then Moses said to Aaron,“Take the censer, put burning coals from the altar in it, place incense on it, and go quickly into the assembly and make atonement for them, for wrath has gone out from the LORD– the plague has begun!”

  • Num 12:9
    67%

    9The anger of the LORD burned against them, and he departed.

  • Num 8:19
    67%

    19I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites, to do the work for the Israelites in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the Israelites, so there will be no plague among the Israelites when the Israelites come near the sanctuary.”

  • Num 16:21
    67%

    21“Separate yourselves from among this community, that I may consume them in an instant.”

  • Ezek 5:13
    67%

    13Then my anger will be fully vented; I will exhaust my rage on them, and I will be appeased. Then they will know that I, the LORD, have spoken in my jealousy when I have fully vented my rage against them.

  • Num 11:33
    67%

    33But while the meat was still between their teeth, before they chewed it, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and the LORD struck the people with a very great plague.

  • Ps 79:5
    67%

    5How long will this go on, O LORD? Will you stay angry forever? How long will your rage burn like fire?

  • Judg 2:20
    67%

    20A Divine Decision The LORD was furious with Israel. He said,“This nation has violated the terms of the covenant I made with their ancestors by disobeying me.

  • Exod 32:22
    67%

    22Aaron said,“Do not let your anger burn hot, my lord; you know these people, that they tend to evil.

  • Ezek 22:31
    67%

    31So I have poured my anger on them, and destroyed them with the fire of my fury. I hereby repay them for what they have done, declares the Sovereign LORD.”

  • Lev 10:3
    67%

    3Moses then said to Aaron,“This is what the LORD spoke:‘Among the ones close to me I will show myself holy, and in the presence of all the people I will be honored.’” So Aaron kept silent.

  • Num 16:36
    66%

    36The Atonement for the Rebellion(17:1) The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 32:10
    66%

    10So the anger of the LORD was kindled that day, and he swore,

  • Nah 1:2
    66%

    2God Takes Vengeance against His Enemies The LORD is a zealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and very angry. The LORD takes vengeance against his foes; he sustains his rage against his enemies.

  • Ezek 20:17
    66%

    17Yet I had pity on them and did not destroy them, so I did not make an end of them in the wilderness.