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Numbers 25 General Notes
Structure and formatting
The story of Balaam concludes in this chapter.
Special concepts in this chapter
Foreign women
Balaam told the young women from Moab to act friendly to the Israelite men and invite them to feasts in honor of their god Baal. The men went to the feasts and worshiped Baal. God was angry and killed 24,000 Israelite men. Foreign women are often the source of problems in Israel. They caused the men to worship their false gods. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/falsegod)