Numbers 25:9

"He went after the man of Israel into the pavilion, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So the plague was stopped among the children of Israel."

Key Reflection

This passage symbolizes the purification of God's people from idolatry and its consequences. By killing both the Israelite man and the Midianite woman, Phinehas demonstrated zeal for God's honor, halting a plague that had afflicted the Israelites due to their sinful behavior.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Twenty and four thousand -Paul1 Corinthians 10:8says “three and twenty thousand,” following probably the Jewish tradition which deducted one thousand as the number slain by the hands of their brethren.

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