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Num 25:8 — And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

thrust		Num 25:5,11; Psa 106:29-31
So the plague		Num 16:46-48; 2Sa 24:25; 1Ch 21:22

Correlating Passages

thrust

	Num 25:5	And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baalpeor.
	Num 25:11	Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
	Psa 106:29	Thus they provoked [him] to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.
	Psa 106:30	Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and [so] the plague was stayed.
	Psa 106:31	And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.

So the plague

	Num 16:46	And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun.
	Num 16:47	And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.
	Num 16:48	And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
	2Sa 24:25	And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
	1Ch 21:22	Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of [this] threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.

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Scott, Thomas. "Numbers 25:8," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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