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  1. Where is Joshua?<\/span><\/i> The leader who deals with the altar crisis (verses 9-34) is the priest, Pinchas ben Elazar. Why not Joshua? Many different answers are given by commentators and researchers.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Some left-over baggage<\/span><\/i>. The rage of the people against the tribes of the other side of the Jordan, the altar builders, is reminiscent of the wrath of Moses against those same tribes, when, in the Book of Numbers, they asked to settle there, in the East and not in Canaan.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. One person sins, and all pay<\/span><\/i>. This is the message of the delegation. No one is a lone wolf. Israelite history teaches that the entire community pays the wages of sin, not just the sinner. Achan, for example: \u201cWhen Achan son of Zerah violated the proscription, anger struck the whole community of Israel; he was not the only one who perished for that sin\u201d (v. 20).<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. A national precedent, with a personal twist<\/span><\/i>. When Pinchas ben Elazar the priest speaks of \u201cthe sin of Pe\u2019or\u201d (verse 17), it is worth noting his role in dealing with that crisis (see Numbers 25). This may be part of the answer to question #1 above. The trans-Jordan tribes will know that he is not the forgiving sort.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Worrying about tomorrow<\/i>. All the tribes, both those that settled in Canaan and those on the other side of the Jordan are worried about tomorrow, that is, the future. \u201cIf you rebel against the LORD today, tomorrow He will be angry with the whole community of Israel\u201d (v. 18), vs. \u201c[T]hat your children should not say to our children in time to come, \u2018You have no share in the LORD\u2019\u201d (v. 27)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","image":{"ID":86314,"id":86314,"title":"Points to ponder","filename":"Points-to-ponder.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/points-to-ponder-psalm-84\/points-to-ponder\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"points-to-ponder","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":86166,"date":"2021-01-09 20:56:58","modified":"2023-12-28 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