Numbers 25:7-9

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⁷ Phinehas was the son of Eleazar and the grandson of Aaron the priest. Phinehas saw this man bring the woman into camp. So he left the meeting and got his spear. ⁸ He followed the Israelite into the tent. Then he used the spear to kill the Israelite man and the Midianite woman in her tent.^[a] He pushed the spear through both of their bodies. At that time there was a great sickness among the Israelites. But when Phinehas killed these two people, the sickness stopped. ⁹ A total of 24,000 people died from that sickness.