Numbers 25:9

9 but those who died in the plague numbered 24,000.

Numbers 25:9 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
9 And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
English Standard Version (ESV)
9 Nevertheless, those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand.
New Living Translation (NLT)
9 but not before 24,000 people had died.
The Message Bible (MSG)
9 But 24,000 had already died.
American Standard Version (ASV)
9 And those that died by the plague were twenty and four thousand.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
9 However, 24,000 people died from that plague.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
9 but those who died in the plague numbered 24,000.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
9 But the plague had already killed 24,000 of them.

Numbers 25:9 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 25:9

And those that died in the plague were twenty and four
thousand.
] The apostle says 23,000 ( 1 Corinthians 10:8 ) . Moses includes those that were hanged against the sun, in the time of the plague, as well as those that were taken off by it, even all that died on this account; the apostle only those that "fell", which cannot with propriety be said of those that were hanged, who might be 1000 and so their numbers agree; but of this and other ways of removing this difficulty (See Gill on 1 Corinthians 10:8).

Numbers 25:9 In-Context

7 When Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, saw this, he left the assembly, took a spear in his hand
8 and followed the Israelite into the tent. He drove the spear into both of them, right through the Israelite man and into the woman’s stomach. Then the plague against the Israelites was stopped;
9 but those who died in the plague numbered 24,000.
10 The LORD said to Moses,
11 “Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, has turned my anger away from the Israelites. Since he was as zealous for my honor among them as I am, I did not put an end to them in my zeal.

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Numbers 14:37; 1 Corinthians 10:8
  • 2. Numbers 31:16
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