Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
And that was credited to him for righteousness, To all generations forever.
“Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath away from the Israelites because he was jealous with My jealousy among them, so that I did not destroy the Israelites in My jealousy.
Nevertheless, those [Israelites] who died in the plague numbered 24,000.
