Numbers 25:13

Phinehas Intervenes

¹² 'Therefore say, Lo, I am giving to him My covenant of peace, ¹³ and it hath been to him and to his seed after him a covenant of a priesthood age-during, because that he hath been zealous for his God, and doth make atonement for the sons of Israel.' ¹⁴ And the name of the man of Israel who is smitten, who hath been smitten with the Midianitess, is Zimri son of Salu, prince of the house of a father of the Simeonite;

Children of Israel

Make Atonement for

People of Israel

Sons of Israel

Israel

Israelites

Sin

Exodus 40:15

and anointed them as thou hast anointed their father, and they have acted as priests to Me, and their anointing hath been to be to them for a priesthood age-during, to their generations.'

1 Chronicles 6:4-15

Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,

Exodus 29:9

and hast girded them with a girdle (Aaron and his sons), and hast bound on them bonnets; and the priesthood hath been theirs by a statute age-during, and thou hast consecrated the hand of Aaron, and the hand of his sons,

Exodus 32:30

And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that Moses saith unto the people, 'Ye -- ye have sinned a great sin, and now I go up unto Jehovah, if so be I atone for your sin.'

Numbers 16:46

and Moses saith unto Aaron, 'Take the censer, and put on it fire from off the altar, and place perfume, and go, hasten unto the company, and make atonement for them, for the wrath hath gone out from the presence of Jehovah -- the plague hath begun.'

Joshua 7:12

and the sons of Israel have not been able to stand before their enemies; the neck they turn before their enemies, for they have become a devoted thing; I add not to be with you -- if ye destroy not the devoted thing out of your midst.

1 Samuel 2:30

Therefore -- the affirmation of Jehovah, God of Israel -- I certainly said, Thy house and the house of thy father, do walk up and down before Me to the age; and now -- the affirmation of Jehovah -- Far be it from Me! for he who is honouring Me, I honour, and those despising Me, are lightly esteemed.

2 Samuel 21:3

yea, David saith unto the Gibeonites, 'What do I do for you? and with what do I make atonement? and bless ye the inheritance of Jehovah.'

1 Kings 2:27

And Solomon casteth out Abiathar from being priest to Jehovah, to fulfil the word of Jehovah which He spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

1 Kings 19:10

And he saith, 'I have been very zealous for Jehovah, God of Hosts, for the sons of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant -- Thine altars they have thrown down, and Thy prophets they have slain by the sword, and I am left, I, by myself, and they seek my life -- to take it.'

1 Kings 19:14

And he saith, 'I have been very zealous for Jehovah, God of Hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant, Thine altars they have thrown down, and Thy prophets they have slain by the sword, and I am left, I, by myself, and they seek my life -- to take it.'

1 Chronicles 6:50-53

And these are sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,

Psalm 69:9

For zeal for Thy house hath consumed me, And the reproaches of Thy reproachers Have fallen upon me.

Psalm 106:31

And it is reckoned to him to righteousness, To all generations -- unto the age.

Psalm 119:139

Cut me off hath my zeal, For mine adversaries forgot Thy words.

Isaiah 61:6

And ye are called 'Priests of Jehovah,' 'Ministers of our God,' is said of you, The strength of nations ye consume, And in their honour ye do boast yourselves.

Jeremiah 33:18

And to the priests -- the Levites, Not cut off from before Me is one, Causing a burnt-offering to ascend, And perfuming a present, and making sacrifice -- all the days.'

Jeremiah 33:22

As the host of the heavens is not numbered, Nor the sand of the sea measured, So I multiply the seed of David My servant, And the Levites My ministers.'

John 2:17

And his disciples remembered that it is written, 'The zeal of Thy house did eat me up;'

Acts 22:3-5

'I, indeed, am a man, a Jew, having been born in Tarsus of Cilicia, and brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, having been taught according to the exactitude of a law of the fathers, being zealous of God, as all ye are to-day.

Romans 10:2-4

for I bear them testimony that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge,

Hebrews 2:17

wherefore it did behove him in all things to be made like to the brethren, that he might become a kind and stedfast chief-priest in the things with God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people,

Hebrews 7:11

If indeed, then, perfection were through the Levitical priesthood -- for the people under it had received law -- what further need, according to the order of Melchisedek, for another priest to arise, and not to be called according to the order of Aaron?

Hebrews 7:17-18

for He doth testify -- 'Thou art a priest -- to the age, according to the order of Melchisedek;'

1 Peter 2:5

and ye yourselves, as living stones, are built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 2:9

and ye are a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;

1 John 2:2

and he -- he is a propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world,

Revelation 1:6

and did make us kings and priests to his God and Father, to him is the glory and the power to the ages of the ages! Amen.