But Phinehas stood up and intervened, so the plague was stopped.
son of Abishua, son of Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the kohen gadol —
Your wickedness is for a man like yourself, and your righteousness for a son of man.
So Bnei-Yisrael cannot stand before their enemies. So they turn their necks before their enemies, because they have come under the ban. I will not be with you any more unless you destroy whatever is under the ban from among you.