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power to speak to Balaam, and it complains about Balaam's treatment. At this point, Balaam is
allowed to see the angel, who informs him that the ass is the only reason the Angel did not kill
Balaam. Balaam immediately repents, but is told to go on.
Balak meets with Balaam at Kirjath-huzoth, and they go to the high places of Baal, and offer
sacrifices at seven altars, leading to Balaam being given a prophecy by God, which Balaam relates
to Balak. However, the prophecy blesses Israel; Balak remonstrates, but Balaam reminds him that
he can only speak the words put in his mouth, so Balak takes him to another high place at Pisgah,
to try again. Building another seven altars here, and making sacrifices on each, Balaam provides
another prophecy blessing Israel. Balaam finally gets taken by a now very frustrated Balak to Peor
, and, after the seven sacrifices there, decides not to seek enchantments but instead looks on the
Israelites from the peak. The spirit of God comes upon Balaam and he delivers a third positive
prophecy concerning Israel. Balak's anger rises to the point where he threatens Balaam, but
Balaam merely offers a prediction of fate. Balaam then looks on the Kenites, and Amalekites and
offers two more predictions of fate. Balak and Balaam then simply go to their respective homes.
Later, Balaam informed Balak and the Midianites that, if they wished to overcome the Israelites
for a short interval, they needed to seduce the Israelites to engage in idolatry. [45] The Midianites
sent beautiful women to the Israelite camp to seduce the young men to partake in idolatry, and the
attempt proved successful. [46]
Phinehas, the grandson of Aaron, put an end to the matter of the Midianite seduction by slaying
two of the prominent offenders, but by that time a plague inflicted on the Israelites had already
killed about twenty-four thousand persons. Moses was then told that because Phinehas had averted
the wrath of God from the Israelites, Phinehas and his descendents were given the pledge of an
everlasting priesthood. [47]
After Moses had taken a census of the people, he sent an army to avenge the perceived evil
brought on the Israelites by the Midianites. Numbers 31 says Moses instructed the Israelite
soldiers to kill every Midianite woman, boy and the non-virgin girl, although virgin girls were
shared amongst the soldiers. [48] The Israelites killed Balaam, and the five kings of Midian: Evi,
Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba. [49]
Moses appointed Joshua, son of Nun, to succeed him as the leader of the Israelites. [50] Moses then
died at the age of 120. [51]
Death of Moses
After all this was accomplished Moses was warned that he would not be permitted to lead Israel
across the Jordan, but would die on the eastern side (Num. xx. 12). [52] He therefore assembled the
tribes and delivered to them a parting address, which forms the Book of Deuteronomy. [52] In this
address it is commonly supposed that he recapitulated the Law, reminding them of its most
important features. [52] When this was finished, and he had pronounced a blessing on the people, he
went up Mount Nebo to the top of Pisgah, looked over the country spread out before him, and
died, at the age of one hundred and twenty. [52] God Himself buried him in an unknown grave
(Deut. xxxiv.). [52][10] Moses was thus the human instrument in the creation of the Israelitish nation;
he communicated to it all its laws. [52] More meek than any other man (Num. xii. 3), he enjoyed
unique privileges, for "there hath not arisen a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the
Lord knew face to face" (Deut. xxxiv. 10). [52]
Religious views of Moses
Moses in Jewish thought
Main article: Moses in Rabbinic Literature