Numbers 25:9-11

GOD’S WORD Translation

⁹ However, 24,000 people died from that plague.

¹⁰ Then the Lord said to Moses, ¹¹ “Phinehas, son of Eleazar and grandson of the priest Aaron, turned my fury away from the Israelites. Since he stood up for me, I didn’t have to stand up for myself and destroy them.