פִּֽינְחָ֨ס בֶּן־אֶלְעָזָ֜ר בֶּן־אַהֲרֹ֣ן הַכֹּהֵ֗ן הֵשִׁ֤יב אֶת־חֲמָתִי֙ מֵעַ֣ל בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בְּקַנְא֥וֹ אֶת־קִנְאָתִ֖י בְּתוֹכָ֑ם וְלֹא־כִלִּ֥יתִי אֶת־בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּקִנְאָתִֽי׃
"Phinéas, fils d’Eléazar, fils d’Aaron le pontife, a détourné ma colère de dessus les enfants d’Israël, en se montrant jaloux de ma cause au milieu d’eux, en sorte que je n’ai pas anéanti les enfants d’Israël, dans mon indignation.
Jerusalem Talmud Sanhedrin
MISHNAH: He who steals the chalice66A Temple vessel., or who curses by charms, or who copulates with a Gentile woman, one67In all other sources of the Mishnah, and an indirect quote in the Hahakhah: Zealots hit him, referring to Num. 25:11 where Phineas is praised for being a zealot by killing the chieftain who copulated with the Midianite princess. The Babli 82a makes clear that the offender may be killed with impunity only during the act. If the parties are still together naked but not engaged in actual intercourse, killing them is prosecutable murder. strikes him. If a priest officiated while impure, his brother priests do not bring him to court but the young priests take him outside the courtyard and smash his brain with bats68These are straight pieces of lumber which are impervious to impurity. The offending priest is killed without his executioners becoming impure.. A non-priest who officiated in the Temple: Rebbi Aqiba said, by strangulation, but the Sages say, by the hands of Heaven.