. The training of the Chosen people. ), and inthe light of the similar reason for both judgments(Num. 25: 3, 16-18). The destruction of these tribeswas not simply that the ground might be cleared forits occupation by the Israelites. Modern investiga-tions amply corroborate the statements of the Scrip-tures that Canaan had become a moral plague spotof the world. Wherever the influence of the Canaan-ites penetrated it was a moral miasma. We do notknow how much of the higher civilization of the worldwas conserved and promoted by these awful judicialacts of stamping out a pest that was contaminati
. The training of the Chosen people. ), and inthe light of the similar reason for both judgments(Num. 25: 3, 16-18). The destruction of these tribeswas not simply that the ground might be cleared forits occupation by the Israelites. Modern investiga-tions amply corroborate the statements of the Scrip-tures that Canaan had become a moral plague spotof the world. Wherever the influence of the Canaan-ites penetrated it was a moral miasma. We do notknow how much of the higher civilization of the worldwas conserved and promoted by these awful judicialacts of stamping out a pest that was contaminatingthe race. Strangely enough, these frightful wars didnot make Israel cruel. The reason was that the He-brews saw in these terrible commands the witness ofJehovah against the sins of the land. And the great truth that co-ordinates these events Chapter 14. Discipline in Righteousness 49 finds complete illustration and enforcement in thedeath of Moses before he entered the land of prom-ise. Is there a more moving incident in the whole. Mount Nebo. range of human history than the story of that greatdisappointment ? He had lived and walked with God;he had consecrated the most splendid gifts to the ser-vice of God; he had undergone labors and cares thattax the imagination; he loved the people; he loved thegood, great cause, but, in a moment of exasperation,he had lost sight of the fact that the power throughwhich he had wrought was not his own (Num. 20:10), and for that he was not suffered to see the con-summation of his labors and of his hopes. It wasnot for him to lead the triumphant hosts of Israelinto the land of promise (Num. 20: 12). The su-preme earthly reward of all those toils was withheldbecause of that self-sufficient moment in which he for-got his relationship to the Most High. Could therepossibly be a more impressive illustration of the de-mand of Jehovah for conformity to the highest idealsinvolved in His own character and in His relationshipto men? Gods demand for rig
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