This was a thought-provoking piece. I especially appreciated the way you reframed Baal-Peor as a cult of the dead rather than reducing the event in Numbers 25 to sexual immorality alone. Psalm 106 adds an important layer that’s often overlooked.

I’m still holding some of the geographic and symbolic connections open-handedly, but the larger pattern you highlight—humans seeking illicit access rather than trusting God’s means of revelation—felt biblically sound and worth wrestling with. Thanks for giving me some things to think about