And the Lord said to Moses:
Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.
"Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has averted my wrath from the sons of Israel. For he was moved against them by my zeal, so that I myself, in my zeal, might not wipe away the sons of Israel.
And there were slain twenty-four thousand men.
