ESV Reformation Study Bible – Num 25:11
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Num 25:11

25:11 Jealous with my jealousy. Note the stress on Phinehas as embodying God’s own zeal for the purity of His people. Such zeal earned Phinehas divine commendation and the promise of a perpetual priesthood (v. 13). Later in Jewish history, Phinehas became a symbol of uncompromising loyalty to God’s law (Ps. 106:30, 31).