King James Version
What Does Psalms 106:30 Mean?
“Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.”
Context
28
They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
29
Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.
30
Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.
31
And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.
32
They angered him also at the waters of strife , so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(30) **Executed judgment.**—The Prayer Book has “prayed,” following the Chaldee and Syriac. The LXX. and Vulg. have “appeased.”
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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