And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Numbers 25:6 KJV commentary https://bible.com/bible/1/num.25.6.KJV
AquariumThis was not self imposed religious tear 😢.
Their very lifes was literally at stake here and they know ho much death had happened because of disobedience.
They were literally begging and praying for mercy. https://bible.com/bible/1/num.25.6.KJV
And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
Numbers 25:9 KJV commentary https://bible.com/bible/1/num.25.9.KJV
Ahhh 😱… 24 000 people had died in such a short time and counting and now this abomination was brought into the camp to add insult to injury he brings an abomination into the camp.
It had to be riddled off..
I cam imagine Eleazor peircing these 2 through and looking down at them with disdain at their selfishness.
Because of such lust 24000 had died
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It was better that these two die and quickly than thousands… https://bible.com/bible/1/num.25.9.KJV