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and went after the man of Israel into the inner room, and pierced both of them, the man of Israel and the woman, through her body. Thus the plague was stayed from the people of Israel.
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Nevertheless those that died by the plague were twenty-four thousand.
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And the LORD said to Moses,
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"Phin'ehas the son of Elea'zar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned back my wrath from the people of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the people of Israel in my jealousy.
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Therefore say, 'Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace;