But Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was checked.
the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest—
Your wickedness only affects humans like yourself, and your righteousness only other people.
That is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies; they turn their backs and run because they have been made liable to destruction. I will not be with you anymore unless you destroy whatever among you is devoted to destruction.