Tim Maas Supporter Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

Israel was led into Baal worship by Balaam, who was hired by Balak, the king of the Moabites, to curse Israel. Despite Balaam blessing Israel at that time, he also apparently contributed to their worship of Baal, through encouraging the marriage of Israelite men to Moabite women, as noted in Numbers 25.

(This was a continuation of the earlier idolatry into which the Israelites had fallen during Moses' extended absence communing with God on Mount Sinai, as related in Exodus 32.)

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Leslie Coutinho Supporter

Psalm 106:28: They joined themselves also unto Ba’-al-pe’-or, and ate the sacrifice of the dead.

At the beginning of creation, Cain and Abel, the sons of Adam, brought their offerings to the Lord God. Cain presented the fruit of the ground, while Abel offered the firstling of his flock. In the days of Noah, and then the coming of Abraham, they built altars of unhewn stones for worship unto our Lord God. These altars were used for sacrifices, burnt offerings, and peace offerings to honor God the Father. (Gen 4:4/8:20/12:7/Exo 20:24) The scattered tribes of Noah’s son Ham and his son began their form of worship, with “images of strange gods.” Ham’s son Cush begat Nimrod, a mighty man who was a giant. (Gen 10:8-20/31:19/35:2) The Lord appeared unto Abraham and told him to go out from the land of Haran; he then went out and dwelt in the land of Canaan. Abraham’s son Isaac and his son’s wife Jacob were from their forefathers’ children, who were from the land of Ur of the Chaldees, the nativity of Abram and his brother Haran. (Gen 11:28/12:4/24:4) 

Noah’s son Ham had four sons: Cush, Mizraim, Phut, and Canaan, Cush was the father of Nimrod who was a mighty man a giant. Mizraim’s children were Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, Pathrusim, Casluhim (out of whom came the Philistim), and Captorim. (Gen 10:6,9,14) “The Land of Ham was the Land of Egypt where Jacob sojourned there.” (Psalm 105:23) Noah’s grandsons from Ham, Mizraim, the land of Egypt, were known as the land of Hamites. He was the ancestor of the Hamites in Lower Egypt and Africa. This lineage was the one that began their idol worship with graven images. (Psalm 78:58) The Israelites, when they came out of Egypt, were the ones who dwelt in the land of Egypt for four hundred and thirty years. They were brought through the way of the wilderness of the Red Sea into the Arabian Peninsula. (Exo 12:40,13:18) 

The generation of Canaan were the Canaanites, who were worshiping Baal. The Lord God warned them not to go after other gods of the surrounding nations. (Deu 6:14) Their wandering in the wilderness was led due to their lack of faith in God the Father, who brought them out with signs and wonders from Egypt. They were all guided by the cloud and were given the spiritual meat, spiritual drink, from the Rock that followed them, which is our Lord Jesus. (1 Cor 10:1-4) Moses, when he went up to Mount Sinai and was there for forty days, the people lost their faith in God the Father. They instructed Aaron to make them gods, who shall go before them. Aaron then told them to bring the golden earrings that their wives, sons, and daughters wore, and made them a molten calf of gold that the people shed, and they worshiped. (Exo 32:4) 

1 Corinthians 10:4: And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for the they drank of the spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

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