Num 25:9 | TSK | e4.org | 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 ( ), as well as the 23,000 who died of the plague; while St. Paul only refers to the latter. , ; ;

‏ Numbers 25:9

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 (Num 25:4), as well as the 23,000 who died of the plague; while St. Paul only refers to the latter.

Num 25:4-5, Num 16:49-50; Deut 4:3-4; 1Cor 10:8