Numbers 25 · Verse 9

Numbers 25:9

And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
Numbers 25:9, King James Version

Numbers 25:9 in other translations

BSBbut those who died in the plague numbered 24,000.
WEBThose who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand.
ASVAnd those that died by the plague were twenty and four thousand.
YLTand the dead by the plague are four and twenty thousand.
DARBYAnd those that died in the plague were twenty-four thousand.
BBEBut twenty-four thousand of them had come to their death by the disease.
WebsterAnd those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.

What does Numbers 25:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand--Only twenty-three thousand perished (1Co 10:8) from pestilence. Moses includes those who died by the execution of the judges [Nu 25:5].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 Those that died - were twenty and four thousand - St. Paul, 1Cor 10:8, reckons only twenty-three thousand; though some MSS. and versions, particularly the latter Syriac and the Armenian, have twenty-four thousand, with the Hebrew text. Allowing the 24,000 to be the genuine reading, and none of the Hebrew MSS. exhibit any various reading here, the two places may be reconciled thus: 1,000 men were slain in consequence of the examination instituted Num 25:4, and 23,000 in consequence of the orders given Num 25:5; making 24,000 in the whole. St. Paul probably refers only to the latter number.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 25:6-15

Phinehas, in the courage of zeal and faith, executed vengeance on Zimri and Cozbi. This act can never be an example for private revenge, or religious persecution, or for irregular public vengeance.

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Numbers 25:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּהְי֕וּvai.yih.Yuand they wereH1961
הַמֵּתִ֖יםha.me.Timthose [who] diedH4191
בַּמַּגֵּפָ֑הba.ma.ge.Fahby the plagueH4046
אַרְבָּעָ֥ה'ar.ba.'AhfourH702
וְעֶשְׂרִ֖יםve.'es.Rimand twentyH6242
אָֽלֶף\׃\ \פ'A.lefthousandH505

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 25:9

  • 1 Corinthians 10:8

    Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

  • Deuteronomy 4:3-4

    Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal–peor: for all the men that followed Baal–peor, the Lord thy God hath destroyed them from among you. But ye that did cleave unto the Lord your God are alive every one of you this day.

  • Numbers 25:4-5

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the Lord against the sun, that the fierce anger of the Lord may be turned away from Israel. And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal–peor.

  • Numbers 16:49-50

    Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah. And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed.

  • Numbers 31:16

    Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord.

  • Numbers 14:37

    Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
St. Paul reckons only 23,000: Moses includes in the 24,000 he names, the 1,000 men who were slain in consequence of the judicial examination, (ver. 4,) as well as the 23,000 who died of the plague; while St. Paul only refers to the latter.
4,5; 16:49,50; De 4:3,4; 1Co 10:8

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Context

  • Numbers 25:8

    And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.

  • Numbers 25:9

    And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.

  • Numbers 25:10

    And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

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Numbers 25:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y murieron de aquella mortandad veinte y cuatro mil.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ceux qui moururent de la plaie furent 24 000.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und es waren der an der Plage Gestorbenen 24000.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et occisi sunt viginti quatuor millia hominum.