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
Balaam
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Balaam, son of Beor, was, according to the Bible, a gentile prophet and diviner who lived in Pethor, a place identified with the ancient city of Pitru, thought to have been located between the region
Numbers 31
…it narrates the Israelites waging war against the Midianites, commanded by Phinehas and Moses. They killed the men, including their five kings and Balaam, burnt their settlements and took captive the women, children and livestock. Moses commanded the Israelites to kill the boys, and women who had sex…
Balaam and the angel, painting from Gustav Jaeger, 1836
The Prophet Balaam and the Angel by John Linnell (1859)
Balaam and the Ass, by Rembrandt van Rijn, 1626
בלעם בן בעור – Artwork by esoteric artist Filippo Biagioli