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Reconciling the Numbers
Commentators consistently address the difference between the 24,000 deaths here and the 23,000 mentioned by Paul in 1 Corinthians 10:8. Scholars offer several ways to reconcile this, suggesting Paul's number may exclude the 1,000 leaders executed by judges, or that the deaths occurred over more than one day. Others see it as simple rounding, a common ancient practice.
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Albert Barnes
On Numbers 25:9
18th Century
Theologian
Twenty and four thousand - Paul (1 Corinthians 10:8) says three and twenty thousand, following probably the Je…
Charles Ellicott
On Numbers 25:9
19th Century
Bishop
Twenty and four thousand.— In 1 Corinthians 10:8 the number of those who fell in one day is said to have been…
John Calvin
On Numbers 25:9
16th Century
Theologian
And those that died in the plague. Paul, when he says that only twenty-three thousand died, appears to differ from Moses; but we know that…
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John Gill
On Numbers 25:9
17th Century
Pastor
And those that died in the plague were twenty and four
thousand .
] The apostle says 23…
Matthew Henry
On Numbers 25:6–15
17th Century
Minister
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 religio…