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Wesley's Explanatory Notes on Numbers 25:8

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John Wesley (1703–1791) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Thrust them thro' - Phineas was himself a man in great authority, and did this after the command given by Moses to the rulers to slay these transgressors, and in the very sight, and no doubt by the consent of Moses himself, and also by the special direction of God's spirit. Numbers 25:9
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