And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
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Verse 9 is found in chapter 25 of Numbers. Israel participates in cultic prostitution and the worship of Baal of Peor, provoking God’s anger. A plague begins and ends when Phinehas acts against a couple publicly representing the transgression. The episode demonstrates the seriousness of idolatry and the mixture of pagan worship with communal life. The crisis is not merely individual morality: it threatens the religious identity of all Israel.
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Und es wurden getötet in der Plage vierundzwanzigtausend.
Y murieron de aquella mortandad veinte y cuatro mil.
Los muertos por la plaga fueron veinticuatro mil.
Il y en eut vingt-quatre mille qui moururent de la plaie.
E i morti di quella piaga furono ventiquattromila.
E os que morreram daquela praga foram vinte e quatro mil.
遭瘟疫死的,有二萬四千人。
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