Numbers 25:9

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 chamber, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.

10And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:

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Cross References

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

Numbers 16:49(17-14) Now they that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died about the matter of Korah.

Numbers 26:1(25-19) And it came to pass after the plague, (26-1) that the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying:

Deuteronomy 4:3Your eyes have seen what the LORD did in Baal-peor; for all the men that followed the Baal of Peor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from the midst of thee.

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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