... > Bible > Old Testament > Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua: from the bondage of the Israelites in Egypt to their settlement in Canaan > Numbers: the wandering in the wilderness, the Israelites leave Mount Sinai and reach Canaan > Numbers (part III): events in Moab > the Israelites' stay at Shittim during their journey through the desert (Numbers 25) > the Israelites and the Moabite women > the Israelites who had intercourse with the Moabite women are punished