Bible Strands
Numbers 25:7
On seeing this, Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, got up from the assembly, took a spear in his hand,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative places Phinehas at the Tent of Meeting immediately after an Israelite man publicly brings a Midianite woman before Moses and the weeping congregation.
The words — וַיַּרְא (va-yar') "and he saw" and וַיָּקָם (va-yakom) "and he arose" mark the visual trigger and immediate physical response to the reported scene.
The thread — His priestly lineage is documented in Exodus 6:25, and his authority as an intervening figure reappears in Joshua 22:30 and Judges 20:28.
Why it lands — The verse requires a reader to note how a single, unmediated physical action interrupts a corporate plague before any formal judgment occurs.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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;
Cross-references
- Exodus 6:25 Aaron’s son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the Levite families by their clans.
- Joshua 22:30 When Phinehas the priest and the chiefs of the congregation—the heads of Israel’s clans who were with him—heard what the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh had to say, they were satisfied.
- Judges 20:28 and Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, served before it.) The Israelites asked, “Should we again go out to battle against our brothers the Benjamites, or should we stop?” The LORD answered, “Fight, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hand.”
- 1 Samuel 18:10 The next day a spirit of distress sent from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house while David played the harp as usual. Now Saul was holding a spear,
- 1 Samuel 19:9 But as Saul was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, a spirit of distress from the LORD came upon him. While David was playing the harp,
- Psalms 106:30 But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.