. The Bible and its . ple could not live beside these idolaters and preservetheir own faith. The Moabites had fled from the im-mediate neighborhood; Moses dispatched against theMidianites an armed force under the lead of the resolutePhinehas. Only twelve thousand men were sent on thisexpedition. Yet it was enough; the Midianites gave butfeeble resistance and then fled. Balaam, the treacherousprophet, was among them, and was slain. All the wealthof the cities of Midian, all their herds of cattle, even theirwomen and children, were captured by the Israelites andbrought back to Moses. Mos
. The Bible and its . ple could not live beside these idolaters and preservetheir own faith. The Moabites had fled from the im-mediate neighborhood; Moses dispatched against theMidianites an armed force under the lead of the resolutePhinehas. Only twelve thousand men were sent on thisexpedition. Yet it was enough; the Midianites gave butfeeble resistance and then fled. Balaam, the treacherousprophet, was among them, and was slain. All the wealthof the cities of Midian, all their herds of cattle, even theirwomen and children, were captured by the Israelites andbrought back to Moses. Most amazing of all, of thetwelve thousand warriors who achieved this victory, nota single one was slain. When the poor captives were brought before Moses, he was wroth that his followers should thus be exposed to further intercourse with idolaters, and gave the hardest, sternest order of his whole career; only the very young and innocent women were spared, all the others were slain, lest they corrupt the people of Israel. 11-90. r^~ Eeuben anb #ab Bemanb Xanbss AFTER THE DRAWING BY ARTHUR B. HOUGHTON, ANENGLISH ARTIST, DIED 1875. And ihey came near unto himi and said, We will buildsheepfolds here for our cattle.—Num., 32, 16 WHEN the entire region east of Jordan had beenthus swept clear of enemies, Moses prepared tosend his people across the river into Palestine it-self. But he had first to settle with the tribes of Reuben andGad. These tribes had a very great multitude of cattle,and the lands east of Jordan were pasture lands, justsuited for vast herds to wander over. Therefore thechiefs of Reuben and Gad decided that they did not carefor a share of the promised land, they were well con-tent to stay in this region already conquered. With muchhesitation they suggested this to Moses. At first the servant of God was horrified, for hethought this meant another rebellion and disobedienceto God; but the chiefs assured him they had no thoughtof disobedience and no fear of following h
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