Seduced By the Moabites
Some of the Israelites were tempted by Moabite women and would go and worship their gods with them. This made God very angry. He told Moses to take the leaders of these people (the ones who were cheating) and "kill them in broad daylight." (!!!)
At that moment an Israelite man brought a Midianite woman to his family. Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, followed them into the tent and drove a spear through BOTH of them, killing them. This stopped the plague, although 24,000 people had already died.
God told the Israelites to treat the Midianites as enemies and to "kill them."
Later on, Moses took a second census.
Overall, there were 601,730 men. (wow) The most important fact is that NONE of these men (except for Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun) were of the first group that was counted at Sinai. As the Lord had promised, the Israelites would wander in the desert until each one of them had died. This was the next generation (and lots of them . . man, imagine if you added the women and children you have A MILLION people wandering around in the dessert. That MUST have been a sight to see).
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