“So Israel joined themselves to Baal of Peor, and the Lord was angry against Israel.” Numbers 25:3
As you read through the Old Testament, I’m amazed at the number of times that something like this comes up. God’s People, fresh from victory over Og and Sihon, succumb to Idolatry of the basest form. Instead of renewed devotion and commitment to God, they yield themselves to feasting and fornication. One young man even brings a Midianite leader’s daughter into his tent; right in Moses view!!! In Holy Zeal, Aaron’s grandson, Phinehas, would follow them in and pierce them both through with his spear. This would check the Plague that had broken out, and as a result, killed 24,000. Jaw Dropping!
But,…except for the Grace of God, that could be me in that tent!!!