Then it cameabout afterthe plague,that the LORDspoketo Mosesand to Eleazarthe sonof Aaronthe priest,saying,
justas the LORDhad commandedMoses.So he numberedthem in the wildernessof Sinai.
for they have beenhostileto you with their tricks,with whichthey have deceivedyou in the affairof Peorand in the affairof Cozbi,the daughterof the leaderof Midian,their sisterwho was slainon the dayof the plaguebecauseof Peor."
Those who diedby the plaguewere 24,000
