Numbers 25:9-11

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

¹⁰ The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ¹¹ “Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned back my wrath from the Israelites by manifesting such zeal among them on my behalf that in my jealousy I did not consume the Israelites.^(B)