Numbers 25:9

Those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

8He went after the man of Israel into the pavilion, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So the plague was stopped among the children of Israel.

10The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

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Cross References

Exodus 32:35The LORD struck the people, because of what they did with the calf, which Aaron made.

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

Numbers 26:1After the plague, the LORD spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,

Deuteronomy 4:3Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baal Peor; for the LORD your God has destroyed all the men who followed Baal Peor from among you.

1 Corinthians 10:8Let’s not commit sexual immorality, as some of them committed, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell.

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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