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וירא פינחס. כאשר ראה פינחס כן קם מתוך העדה שהיתה בחצר אהל מועד ויש בכאן שאלה ויתכן להשיב שכבר נצמד זמרי בעדים: AND WHEN PHINEHAS…SAW. When Phinehas saw this, he rose up from the midst of the congregation, which was in the courtyard of the tent of meeting. There is a question here.11Why did Phinehas kill Zimri? Scripture does not tell us that Zimri worshipped pe’or (Weiser). It is possible to answer that Zimri (v. 14) was joined12With Cozbi in the worship of pe’or. in the presence of witnesses.