Jehovah God approved of what he did, saying: “Phinehas... has turned back my wrath from upon the sons of Israel by his tolerating no rivalry at all toward me in the midst of them. ” ​ — Numbers 25: 1 - 11.
لذا فینَحاس که نوهٔ هارون بود با عملی قاطعانه رذالت و ناپاکی را از میان قوم زدود .‏