Those who diedby the plaguewere 24,000
So the LORDsenta pestilenceupon Israelfrom the morninguntilthe appointedtime,and seventythousandmenof the peoplefrom Danto Beershebadied.
Then the LORDsmotethe people,becauseof whatthey didwith the calfwhichAaronhad made.
even those menwho broughtout the very badreportof the landdiedby a plaguebeforethe LORD.
He tookhis standbetweenthe deadand the living,so that the plaguewas checked.
Then the LORDspoketo Moses,saying,
Then it cameabout afterthe plague,that the LORDspoketo Mosesand to Eleazarthe sonof Aaronthe priest,saying,
"Behold,thesecausedthe sonsof Israel,through the counselof Balaam,to trespassagainst the LORDin the matterof Peor,so the plaguewas among the congregationof the LORD.
Norlet us actimmorally,as someof them did,and twenty-threethousandfellin oneday.