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Because they infiltrated the Israelites,
corrupting them with Baal Peor,
doing so purposely,
knowing(ly) full well the Israelites had made a Covenant with God to follow only Him.
Only under His Shadow were they safe.
God instructed the Israelites first to slay the leaders of that insurrection,
and only after they were executed,
under the sun,
then He commanded them to slay their tempters.
Judgment begins with the house of God,
and then woe upon all those by whom they caused the little ones to stumble,
for those tempters were of Satan,
the Devil,
that old Dragon.