Numbers 25:10

10 The LORD said to Moses,

Numbers 25:10 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
10 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
English Standard Version (ESV)
10 And the LORD said to Moses,
New Living Translation (NLT)
10 Then the LORD said to Moses,
American Standard Version (ASV)
10 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
10 Then the LORD said to Moses,
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
10 The LORD spoke to Moses. He said,

Numbers 25:10 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 25:10

And the Lord spake unto Moses
Out of the cloud, or out of the tabernacle, at the door of which Moses now was, ( Numbers 25:6 ) , this was after so many had died of the plague, and after the fact of Phinehas, by which it was stopped: saying; as follows.

Numbers 25:10 In-Context

8 and followed the Israelite into the tent. He drove the spear into both of them, right through the Israelite man and into the woman’s stomach. Then the plague against the Israelites was stopped;
9 but those who died in the plague numbered 24,000.
10 The LORD said to Moses,
11 “Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, has turned my anger away from the Israelites. Since he was as zealous for my honor among them as I am, I did not put an end to them in my zeal.
12 Therefore tell him I am making my covenant of peace with him.
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