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===Verse 5===
 
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* ''Sanctified unto us for righteousness.''  [[Ps 106:31]] uses similar wording to apparently describe a very violent act of Phineas (cf. [[Num 25:6]]-8).  The near-sacrifice of Isaac is also a (nearly) violent episode.  Here, the keeping of the law of Moses is explicitly drawn into comparison with this near-violent act of violence.  Why?  Is this referring to the violent nature of animal sacrifice?  Something else?
  
 
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  • Sanctified unto us for righteousness. Ps 106:31 uses similar wording to apparently describe a very violent act of Phineas (cf. Num 25:6-8). The near-sacrifice of Isaac is also a (nearly) violent episode. Here, the keeping of the law of Moses is explicitly drawn into comparison with this near-violent act of violence. Why? Is this referring to the violent nature of animal sacrifice? Something else?

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