Numbers 25:11 (WEB)
“Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I didn’t consume the children of Israel in my jealousy.
Fathers and councils · 2
John Chrysostom
“I mean that in the case of the Jews also, when each had slain his neighbor, then He laid aside His anger against them; both when they made the calf, and when they were joined to Baal Peor.” — editor's note: Exod. xxxii. 29; Numb. xxv. 7–11.
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Aphrahat
“Zimri was head of the tribe of Simeon, yet Cozbi, daughter of the chiefs of Midian, overthrew him, and because of one woman twenty-four thousand of Israel fell in one day.” — editor's note: Num. xxv. 6–15.
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Cross-references · 3
Numbers 25:11 and Joshua 22:32 share the same wording (14 words).
Numbers 25:11 and Judges 20:28 share the same wording (9 words).
Numbers 25:11 and Ezra 7:5 share the same wording (10 words).