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The Setting Apart of the Tribe of Levi
Phineas stopped the plague by thrusting a spear through a leading Israelite and his Midianite wife. He thereby protected the whole company of the people, who otherwise would have suffered the full wrath of the Lord himself. By this action Phineas maintained the Lord's fear among the people, and upheld his honor. As a result of their faithfulness, while still scattered among the tribes, they were scattered as those whose inheritance was the service of the Lord itself.