9. Those that died in the plague were 24,000.
10. The Lord spoke to Moses:
11. “Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my anger away from the Israelites, when he manifested such zeal for my sake among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in my zeal.
12. Therefore, announce: ‘I am going to give to him my covenant of peace.