What was Gods purpose in prohibiting Egyptian and Canaanite fertility goddess worship?
Why would God command the children of Israel not to adopt the abominable pagan practices, the sexual, religious practices of Egypt and Canaan? One reason may be the cult of Isis and Osiris. In the beginning of time, ancient Egyptians believed Osiris ruled Egypt as King, with his sister Isis, as Queen. These brother and sister royals had an incestuous sexual relationship and eventually produced a son named Horus. Egypt is infamous in scripture, for her pagan practices and sexual sins: Leviticus 18:3 & 21 and 20:2-5 & 23; Ezekiel 16:26, 23:3, 20-21. Rabbi Jacob Milgrom, Hebrew Scholar and author.According to Jacob Milgrom, in his 3000 page Anchor Bible Commentary on Leviticus, (Milgrom, Leviticus 17-22, pp. 1518-1519, 1539), incestuous sexual relationships involving father and daughter, brother and sister, nephew and aunt, uncle and niece were common in Egyptian society, even among non-royals. Moses, Aaron and Miriam were born into an incestuous, nephew-aunt relationship which originated
