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Have you been “dragged away and enticed” by something that seems irresistibly appealing? Feel like God could never take you back? A false prophet enticed Israel away from God with sex, but God’s ambassador was there to mend the relationship.
Thought questions
- What is the significance of the covenant of peace with Phinehas?
- What was Peor?
- How does that play into Baalam’s knowledge of the LORD?
- What does Ba’al mean?
- What does “hang them in the sun” mean in Num. 25:4? Which direction does the tabernacle face?
- Why is the Midianite woman who went in the an Isarelite man named?
- What does “worship” mean?
- How did Phinehas make atonement for Israel by killing the rebellious Israelite man?
- What does “whoredom” or “play the harlot” mean in Num. 25:1? What does “adultery” mean?
- How does this meaning play into the prophet’s and Messiah’s use of the word to describe rebellious Israelites?
- Why were the leaders weeping at the door of the Tabernacle?