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30 Phinehas took a stand and intervened,[a]
and the plague subsided.
31 This was credited to Phinehas as a righteous act
for all generations to come.[b]
32 They made him angry by the waters of Meribah,
and Moses suffered[c] because of them,

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 106:30 sn The intervention of Phinehas is recounted in Num 25:7-8.
  2. Psalm 106:31 tn Heb “and it was reckoned to him for righteousness, to a generation and a generation forever.” The verb חָשַׁב (khashav, “to reckon”) is collocated with צְדָקָה (tsedaqah, “righteousness”) only in Ps 106:31 and Gen 15:6, where God credits Abram’s faith as righteousness.
  3. Psalm 106:32 tn Heb “there was harm to Moses.”