Numbers 25:9
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, (ver. 4,) as well as the 23,000 who died of the plague; while St. Paul only refers to the latter.
Numbers 25:1
Shittim <07851> [Shittim.]
people <05971> [the people.]