“when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son

“of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from

“the midst of the congregation, and took a

8) “spear in his hand; and he went after the man

“of Israel into the pavilion, and thrust both of

“them through, the man of Israel, and the

“woman through her belly. So the plague was

9) “stayed from the children of Israel. And those

“that died by the plague were twenty and four

“thousand[100].... Now the name of the