Numbers 25:9-11

English Standard Version

⁹ Nevertheless, ^(A)those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand.

The Zeal of Phinehas

¹⁰ And the Lord said to Moses, ¹¹ “Phinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned back my wrath from the people of Israel, in that he ^(B)was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the people of Israel in ^(C)my jealousy.