And the Lord said to Moses,
Nevertheless, those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand.
“Phinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned back my wrath from the people of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the people of Israel in my jealousy.
And that was counted to him as righteousness from generation to generation forever.
