CHAPTER VIII. 423 16. Q. How was this new murmuring punished ? A. God sent fiery serpents among them, whichdestroyed manyof them ; Num. x xi. 6. 17. Q. How were the people healed which were bitten by the serpents ? A. By lookingup to a serpent of brass, which Moses put upon a high pole at God's command ; Nutt). xxi. 8, 9. 18. Q. What was a sixth remarkable sin of Israel ? A. Whoredom and idolatry ; for they loved the Midianitish women, and worshipped their gods ; Num, xxv. 1, 2. 19. Q. How was this whoredom and idolatry punished? A. By the command of God and Moses, to kill the Oftenders, and by aplague which slew twenty four thousand ; Num. xxv. 4, 5, 9. 20. Q. Who tempted them to this idolatry ? A. Balaam the wicked prophet and soothsayer ; Num. xxxi. 10. 21. Q. Why did he tempt them to it ? A. Because Godhin- dered him from cursing Israel, when Balak the king of Moab had hired him to do it ; Num. xxii. 5-12. 22. Q. How did God hinder him ? A. Three ways. I. By forbidding him to go at first, though afterwards he per- mitted him. 2. By making his own ass speak to him, to stop himwhen he was going. 3. By inspiring him with prophecies, and compelling him to bless Israel three or four times instead of cursing them. See Num. xxii. 12, 30, 31. and xxiii. 7 -10. 18-24. 23. Q. What became of Balaam at last ? A. He was slain among the Midianites, by the men of Israel, under the con- duct of Moses, before they came to the river of Jordan ; Num. xxxi. 1 -8. CHAP. VIII. Of the Jews' Entrance into Canaan, and their Government by Judges. SECT. I. Of the Israelites' Possession of Canaan. I. QUESTION. WHAT became of the people of Israel after all their wan- derings in the wilderness ? Answer. Though their sins and pun- ishments were many and great, yet they were not destroyed ; but God brought them at last into Canaan, the land which he pro- mised to their fathers ; Josh, i. 11. 2. Q. Did Moses lead them into that land ? A. No ; he was only permitted to see it from Mount Pisgah, and there he died, and God buried him ; Dent. xxxiv. 1-8. 3. Q. I)id Aaron gowith them into Canaan ? A. Aaron died before Moses, and Eleazar his son was made high- priest in his room ; Num. xx. 24-28.
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