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“Hashem opened the mouth of the donkey and 17 bamidbar
it said to Bilaam: What have I done to you that
you struck me these three times?”

(Bamidbar 22:28)

Pinchas saw an act and remembered the halachah. Why did he need an
act in order to remember the halachah? Even though the Torah is
paramount, there are those who scorn it. Hashem wanted Pinchas to see
this dastardly deed and be anguished by it. His zealousness on behalf of
the Torah would preserve the people.
Pinchas was not culpable for teaching the halachah before his mentor. He
did it solely for Hashem’s sake, and for the sake of Bnei Yisrael. His act
halted the plague.