And it came to pass after the plague, that LORD spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,
And those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand.
for they vex you with their wiles, with which they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the ruler of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor
As LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.