Joshua did as they said; he kept the Israelites from killing them

I refused to respond to Balaam; he kept prophesying good things about you, and I rescued you from his power.

that you will spare the lives of my father, mother, brothers, sisters, and all who belong to them, and rescue us from death.”

Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the priest, said to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the Manassehites, “Today we know that the Lord is among us, because you have not disobeyed the Lord in this. Now you have rescued the Israelites from the Lord’s judgment.”