Num. 25:9

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

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