| Geneva Study Bible And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand. Wesley's Notes 25:9 Twenty four thousand - St. Paul says twenty three thousand, 1Cor 10:8. The odd thousand here added were slain by the Judges according to the order of Moses, the rest by the immediate hand of God, but both sorts died of the plague, the word being used, as often it is, for the sword, or hand, or stroke of God. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 9. those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand-Only twenty-three thousand perished (1Co 10:8) from pestilence. Moses includes those who died by the execution of the judges [Nu 25:5]. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 25:6-15 Phinehas, in the courage of zeal and faith, executed vengeance on Zimri and Cozbi. This act can never be an example for private revenge, or religious persecution, or for irregular public vengeance. | 
