Numbers 25:7-9

The Voice

⁷ When Priest Aaron’s grandson Phinehas (Eleazar’s son) saw them, he took a spear in his hand. ⁸ He charged into the Israelite’s tent and ran the spear straight through the bellies of the couple. That one act appeased God’s anger and put an end to the death cascading through the Israelite camp. ⁹ Nevertheless, 24,000 people died before it was all over.