The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
That was credited to him for righteousness, for all generations to come.
“Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy amongst them, so that I didn’t consume the children of Israel in my jealousy.
Those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand.
