Numbers 25:9

And those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.

In Context

8And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So the plague was stayed from the sons of Israel.

10And LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

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Cross References

Exodus 32:35And LORD smote the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.

Numbers 16:49Now those who died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides those who died about the matter of Korah.

Numbers 26:1And it came to pass after the plague, that LORD spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,

Deuteronomy 4:3Your eyes have seen what LORD did because of Baal-peor. For all the men who followed Baal-peor, LORD thy God has destroyed them from the midst of thee.

1 Corinthians 10:8Nor should we fornicate as some of them fornicated, and three thousand fell in one day.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 25:7-16

The Zeal of Phinehas. ( b. c. 1452.) 6 And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand; 8 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both… Read the whole commentary →

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