Numbers 25:7-9

New Catholic Bible

Phinehas’ Zeal for God. ⁷ When Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw this, he got up and left the assembly, taking a spear in his hand. ⁸ He followed the Israelite into the tent. He then drove it through both of them, through the Israelite and into the woman’s stomach. This is how the plague among the people of Israel was stopped. ⁹ Yet, twenty-four thousand died^[a] in the plague.