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In an incident soon after (Numbers 17:10–13 [38] or Numbers 17:25–28 [37]), the Israelites panicked when Moses entered the Tabernacle, fearing they were all going to die. [3] She concluded that Numbers 25:6–18 served three purposes: illustrating the encroachment law, legitimising Phinehas' ascendancy to the high priesthood, and justifying ...
The account of the ordeal of bitter water is given in the Book of Numbers: Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘If any man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him, and a man lies sexually with her, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and she is undetected; but she has defiled herself, and there is no witness against her, and ...
The Rabbis explained that when God told Moses in Numbers 31:2 to "avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites; afterward shall you be gathered to your people," Moses did not delay carrying out the order, even though God told Moses that he would die thereafter. Rather, Moses acted promptly, as Numbers 31:6 reports: "And Moses sent them."
Ken Steven Brown (2015) drew comparisons between Judges 21 and Numbers 31, stating: "This command [in Numbers 31:17–18] to kill all but the virgin girls is without precedent in the Pentateuch. However, [Judges 21] precisely parallels Moses's command.
Paine considered Moses to be a "detestable villain", and cited Numbers 31 as an example of his "unexampled atrocities". [214] In the passage, after the Israelite army returned from conquering Midian , Moses orders the killing of the Midianites with the exception of the virgin girls who were to be kept for the Israelites.
The enslavement of female captives is encouraged by Moses in Numbers 31. After being instructed by Yahweh to take vengeance upon the Midianites , Moses tells the Israelites to kill the male children and non-virgin females, but take the young virgins for themselves. [ 12 ]
In response, 31% of those polled said they strongly favor declaring a national emergency, and 24% said they somewhat favor it. Combined, 55% of Americans support Trump's plan. Those in favor ...
The Book of Numbers (from Greek Ἀριθμοί, Arithmoi, lit. ' numbers ' Biblical Hebrew: בְּמִדְבַּר, Bəmīḏbar, lit. ' In [the] desert '; Latin: Liber Numeri) is the fourth book of the Hebrew Bible and the fourth of five books of the Jewish Torah. [1]