Numbers 25:9

but 24,000 had already died.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

8and followed the man into his tent. There Phinehas drove the spear through both of them, through the Israelite and on into the woman's stomach. This action stopped the plague that had started to kill the Israelites,

10The Lord told Moses,

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Cross References

Exodus 32:35The Lord brought a plague on the people because they made Aaron make the bull calf.

Numbers 16:49However, 14,700 died from the plague in addition to those who'd died because of Korah.

Numbers 26:1After the plague was over, the Lord told Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron the priest,

Deuteronomy 4:3You've seen for yourselves what the Lord did at Baal-peor where the Lord your God killed everyone among you who worshiped Baal of Peor.

1 Corinthians 10:8We must not commit sexual sins, as some of them did, and as a result 23,000 died 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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