Phinehas ... took a javelin ... and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel. 25:7
Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, the first freethought/democracy martyrs, refused to follow Moses blindly, saying
that everyone is holy and should be free to think for him or herself. God killed them and their
families for daring to challenge Moses. 16:1-35
