Numbers 25:10

The Zeal of Phinehas

10 Then the LORD spoke to 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 pierced both of them through, the man of Israel and the woman, through the body. So the plague on the sons of Israel was checked.

9 Those who died by the plague were 24,000 .

10 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

11 "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 destroy the sons of Israel in My jealousy.

12 "Therefore say, 'Behold, I give him My covenant of peace;