Exo 32:26, 29, Num 25:5, 7-12, Deu 33:8-9, Luk 14:26, 2Cor 5:16 | ESV | STEP | then Moses stood in the gate of the camp and said , Who is on the Lord’s side? Come to me. And all the sons of Levi gathered around him.

Exodus 32:26

26 then Moses stood in the gate of the camp and said, “Who is on the Lord’s side? Come to me.” And all the sons of Levi gathered around him.

Exodus 32:29

29 And Moses said, “Today you have been ^aordained for the service of the Lord, each one at the cost of his son and of his brother, so that he might bestow a blessing upon you this day.”

Numbers 25:5

5 And Moses said to ^bthe judges of Israel, ^c“Each of you kill those of his men who have yoked themselves to Baal of Peor.”

Numbers 25:7-12

7 ^dWhen Phinehas ^ethe son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose and left the congregation and took a spear in his hand 8 and went after the man of Israel into the chamber and pierced both of them, the man of Israel and the woman through her belly. Thus the plague on the people of Israel was stopped. 9 Nevertheless, ^fthose who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand.

The Zeal of Phinehas

10 And the Lord said to Moses, 11 “Phinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned back my wrath from the people of Israel, in that he ^gwas jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the people of Israel in ^hmy jealousy. 12 Therefore say, ⁱ‘Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace,

Deuteronomy 33:8-9

8 And ^jof Levi he said,

“Give to Levi ^{▼▼Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text lacks Give to Levi} ^lyour Thummim,
and your Urim to your godly one,
^mwhom you tested at Massah,
with whom you quarreled at the waters of Meribah;
9 who said of his father and mother,
‘I regard them not’;
ⁿhe disowned his brothers
and ignored his children.
For ^othey observed your word
and kept your covenant.

Luke 14:26

26 ^p“If anyone comes to me and ^qdoes not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, ^ryes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

2 Corinthians 5:16

16 From now on, therefore, ^swe regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer.