O Blessed is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful.

The kings of the earth stood up and the rulers came together against the LORD, and against his Christ.

For he spoke, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.

So he said he would have destroyed them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in that gap; to turn away his wrathful indignation, lest he should destroy them.

Then stood up Phinehas, and executed justice; and so the plague ceased.