Psalms 106:30

30 But Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was checked.

Psalms 106:30 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.
English Standard Version (ESV)
30 Then Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was stayed.
New Living Translation (NLT)
30 But Phinehas had the courage to intervene, and the plague was stopped.
The Message Bible (MSG)
30 Phinehas stood up and pled their case and the plague was stopped.
American Standard Version (ASV)
30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment; And so the plague was stayed.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
30 Then Phinehas stood between God and the people, and the plague was stopped.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
30 But Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was stopped.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
30 But Phinehas stood up and took action. Then the plague stopped.

Psalms 106:30 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 106:30

Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment
When none else would, he rose up in great zeal for the Lord of hosts; and took on him the work of a civil magistrate, and slew two persons of noble birth in the very act of fornication. The Targum is,

``he prayed''

and so the Syriac version

``he interceded with the Lord, that the plague might stop.''

This he might do, as well as the other, though it is not elsewhere recorded, and in which he succeeded: but in the Talmud F25 it is observed that it is not said (llpty) (that is, "he prayed"), but (llpy) , from whence may be learned, if it is proper to say so, that he executed judgments with his Maker. The Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions render it, "he appeased"; made atonement for propitiation; and this is said of him, ( Numbers 25:13 ) .

And so the plague was stayed; it was restrained from proceeding
further;
no more execution was done by it. In this he was a type of Christ, who, by doing righteousness, by the atoning sacrifice of himself, and by his intercession, has appeased the wrath of God, and satisfied divine justice so that there is no condemnation to them that are interested in him; no evil of punishment shall befall them, nor plague come nigh them.


FOOTNOTES:

F25 T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 82. 2.

Psalms 106:30 In-Context

28 They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;
29 they aroused the LORD’s anger by their wicked deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
30 But Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was checked.
31 This was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.
32 By the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them;

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