Numbers 25:8-10

International Standard Version

⁸ followed the Israeli man inside his tent,^[a] and impaled the two of them—the Israeli man and the woman—right through both of them and into her abdomen. Then the plague infecting the Israelis was brought to a halt. Nevertheless, ⁹ 24,000 people died because of the plague.

God Commends Phinehas

¹⁰ The Lord told Moses,