1 Maccabees 2:54
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54 Phinehas our ancestor, because he was deeply zealous, received the covenant of everlasting priesthood.(A)
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Numbers 25:7
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7 When Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he got up and left the congregation. Taking a spear in his hand,(A)
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Numbers 25:8
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8 he went after the Israelite man into the tent and pierced the two of them, the Israelite and the woman, through the belly. So the plague was stopped among the Israelites.
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Psalm 106:30
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30 Then Phinehas stood up and interceded,
and the plague was stopped.(A)
Sirach 45:23
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Phinehas
23 Phinehas son of Eleazar ranks third in glory
for being zealous in the fear of the Lord
and standing firm, when the people turned away,
in the noble courage of his soul,
and he made atonement for Israel.(A)
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