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Bamidbar 25: Peace in our Time
After the brief interlude to the story of Balaam and Balak, the story returns to the Israelite camp. Chaos reigns again, as the people are consumed by the orgiastic worship if the Moabite god Baal-Peor. Moshe and the elders (again) have fallen on their faces unable to respond. A grandson of Aaron takes things into his own hands, literally. Pinchas takes a spear and impales a prince of the tribe of Shimon and a princess of Moab mid-coitus. The people snap out of their trance and calm is restored to the camp following a massive plague. In return for his heroic vigilantism, God promises Pinchas…
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