Numbers 25:9

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

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8and went in after the Israelitish man into the chamber, and pierced them both through, both the Israelitish man, and the woman through her womb; and the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.

10And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

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Cross References

Exodus 32:35And the Lord smote the people for the making the calf, which Aaron made.

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

Deuteronomy 4:3Your eyes have seen all that the Lord our God did in the case of Baal-peor; for every man that went after Baal-peor, the Lord your God has utterly destroyed him from among you.

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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