. The Bible and its story.. . ARD HOET. And they called the people unto the sacrifices of theirgods: and the people did eat and bowed down to their gods.—Num., 25, 2. FOLLOWING the crafty advice of Balaam, KingBalak would not fight against the IsraeHtes. Hemade peace with them, granting all they asked.Then the women of Moab made themselves speciallyfriendly to the men of Israel, invited them to their homes,and persuaded them to worship the false gods, the idolsof Moab. Many Israelites fell into the snare; idolatryspread among them. So bold at length did the idolatersbecome, that a prince of th
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. The Bible and its story.. . ARD HOET. And they called the people unto the sacrifices of theirgods: and the people did eat and bowed down to their gods.—Num., 25, 2. FOLLOWING the crafty advice of Balaam, KingBalak would not fight against the IsraeHtes. Hemade peace with them, granting all they asked.Then the women of Moab made themselves speciallyfriendly to the men of Israel, invited them to their homes, and persuaded them to worship the false gods, the idolsof Moab. Many Israelites fell into the snare; idolatryspread among them. So bold at length did the idolatersbecome, that a prince of the house of Simeon paraded hisevil practices even before the eyes of Moses himself. Then came the punishment, God sent another plagueto strike down those who had deserted Him; and Phinehas, a son of the high priest Eleazar, seized a spear and beforeall the congregation slew the chief offender, the princeof Simeon. So God stayed the plague and blessed thehouse of Phinehas forever because of his prompt anddecisive action. 11-89. t, -*****^- .An Ill umV.vAr.No vrvJttOw >A > AOfA uyvv/ l«IYf f .ji., -; i.::f!!B;>i; l:iiiJio;q .til sil iUUii ^ VU li , ii .)ll trije l^omen of ilibian BY J. JAMES TISSOT. REPRODUCED BY COURTESY OF THE AMERICAN TISSOT SOCIETY, NEW YORK, + And the children of Israel took all the women of Midiancaptives.—Num., 31, 9. THE Moabites in their plotting against Israel hadbeen joined by the Midianites, Moses formerfriends. With both of these people the Israeliteshad desired to be friendly; because both were traditionallyallied to Abraham. Now, however, Moses saw that hispeople could not live beside these idolaters and preservetheir own faith. The Moabites had fled from the im-mediate neighborhood; Moses dispatched against theMidianites an armed force under the lead of the resolutePhinehas. Only twelve thousand men were sent on thisexpedition. Yet it was enough; the Midianites gave butfeeble resistance and then fled. Balaam, the treacherousprophet, w