Then Phinehas rose to intervene, and the plague was brought to a halt.
son of Abishua, son of Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, the high priest—
Your wickedness affects only someone like yourself, and your justice, only a fellow human being.
If the Israelites cannot stand up to their enemies, but must turn their back to them, it is because they are under the ban. I will not continue to be with you unless you remove that which is banned from among you.