Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
And it was counted to him for righteousness, From generation to generation forever.
“Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned away My wrath from the sons of Israel in that he was jealous with My jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the sons of Israel in My jealousy.
So those who died by the plague were 24,000.
