Holiness code
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The Holiness code is used in biblical criticism to refer to Leviticus chapters 17–26, and sometimes passages in other books of the Pentateuch, especially Numbers and Exodus. It is so called due to its
Part of the Paleo-Hebrew Leviticus scroll, which contains the oldest known copy of the Holiness Code.
Numbers 31
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Numbers 31 is the 31st chapter of the Book of Numbers, the fourth book of the Pentateuch, the central part of the Hebrew Bible, a sacred text in Judaism and Christianity. Scholars such as Israel Knohl
Women of Midian led captive by Israelite soldiers. Watercolour by James Tissot (c. 1900).
Phinehas slaying Zimri and Kozbi the Midianite (c.1590) by Joos van Winghe
Five Kings of Midian Slain by Israel (1728) by Gerard Hoet
Idolatry with Baal-Peor (1970) by Phillip Medhurst