Numbers 25:10

10 Then the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,

Numbers 25:10 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 25:10

And the Lord spake unto Moses
Out of the cloud, or out of the tabernacle, at the door of which Moses now was, ( Numbers 25:6 ) , this was after so many had died of the plague, and after the fact of Phinehas, by which it was stopped: saying; as follows.

Numbers 25:10 In-Context

8 and he went after the man of Israel into the tent and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel and the woman through her belly. So the plague of the sons of Israel was stayed.

9 And those that died in that plague were twenty-four thousand.

10 Then the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,

11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath away from the sons of Israel, being zealous for my sake among them, therefore I did not consume the sons of Israel in my jealousy.

12 Because of this say unto them, Behold, I establish my covenant of peace with him;