Numbers 25:9-11

International Standard Version

⁹ 24,000 people died because of the plague.

God Commends Phinehas

¹⁰ The Lord told Moses, ¹¹ “Eleazar’s son Phinehas, grandson of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath away from Israel. Because his zealousness reflected my own zeal for them, I didn’t consume Israel in my jealousy.