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Moses met Yahweh at Horeb, the “mountain of God.” But which god? Based on the name and its location in the Wilderness of Sin, it’s probable Sinai was considered the abode of the moon-god.Continue Reading

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Canaanites believed the entrance to the underworld was at Bashan. But both Milcom (Molech) and Chemosh, the national gods of Ammon and Moab, demanded child sacrifice. Venerating the dead and appeasing the gods of the dead through human sacrifice appear to have been the norm in this region east of the Dead Sea.Continue Reading

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By the time Moses arrived on the scene, the Hebrews had been in Egypt for as long as three hundred years. The days of Joseph were long gone.Continue Reading

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An inscription discovered in 1967 about twenty-five miles north of the plains of Moab mentions Balaam, son of Beor by name. While the text was written centuries later than the incident described in the Book of Numbers, it confirms that there were people who believed a prophet named Balaam was a historical character.Continue Reading