thrust

Numbers 25:5, 11
So Moses told the judges of Israel, "Each of you must kill all of his men who have joined in worshiping Baal of Peor." . . .

Psalm 106:29-31
So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them. . . .

so the plague

Numbers 16:46-48
Moses said to Aaron, "Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun." . . .

2 Samuel 24:25
And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the LORD answered the prayers on behalf of the land, and the plague on Israel was halted.

1 Chronicles 21:22
Then David said to Ornan, "Grant me the site of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar to the LORD. Sell it to me for the full price, so that the plague on the people may be halted."