What happened at the Cave of Mephila about a year before this lesson?
About a year before this lesson, at the Cave of Mephila—the same burial site in Israel held holy by Muslims and Jews—a Jewish doctor massacred Muslims while they were in their time of prayer. The cave is the burial place of Abraham, Rebekah, Jacob, and Leah.
Les explains that the Cave of Mephila is the very same burial site in Israel that is holy to both Muslims and Jews. About a year before this lesson, a Jewish doctor massacred Muslims there during their time of prayer. Les also notes that Abraham, Rebekah, Jacob, and Leah were buried in that same cave. Abraham bought it from the Canaanites, and Jacob later had to pay for it again, but it is still held in reverence by both Jew and Muslim.