24 Mattathias saw it, so his zeal was kindled, and his guts trembled, and he vented his wrath according to judgment, and ran and killed him upon the altar. (WEB) 25 He killed the king’s officer, who compelled men to sacrifice, at the same time, and pulled down the altar. (WEB) 26 He was zealous for the law, even as Phinehas did to Zimri the son of Salu. (WEB)
1 Maccabees 2:24–26
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1 Maccabees 2:44–46
44 They mustered an army, and struck sinners in their anger, and lawless men in their wrath. The rest fled to the Gentiles for safety. (WEB) 45 And Mattathias and his friends went around and pulled down the altars. (WEB) 46 They forcibly circumcised the boys who were uncircumcised,… (WEB)
2 Baruch 66:4–6
4 sepulchres the bones of the dead and burned them with fire. [And the festivals and the sabbaths he established in their sanctity], and their polluted ones he burnt in the fire, and the lying prophets which deceived the people, these also he burnt in the fire,… (2BA)
Psalms 106:29–31
29 So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them. 30 But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained. 31 It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.
Numbers 25:6–8
6 Just then an Israelite man brought to his family a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and the whole congregation of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. 7 On seeing this, Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest,… 8 …
Genesis 38:9–11
9 But Onan knew that the offspring would not belong to him; so whenever he would sleep with his brother’s wife, he would spill his seed on the ground so that he would not produce offspring for his brother. 10 What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He p…
Leviticus 8:18–20
18 Then Moses presented the ram for the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head. 19 Moses slaughtered the ram and sprinkled the blood on all sides of the altar. 20 He cut the ram into pieces and burned the head, the pieces, and the fat.
2 Kings 10:25–27
25 When he had finished making the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guards and officers, “Go in and kill them. Do not let anyone out.” So the guards and officers put them to the sword, threw the bodies out, and went into the inner room of the temple of Baal. 26 They…
Sirach 48:1–3
1 Then Elijah arose, the prophet like fire. His word burned like a torch. (WEB) 2 He brought a famine upon them, and by his zeal made them few in number. (WEB) 3 By the word of the Lord he shut up the heavens. He brought down fire three times. (WEB)
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