Their father asked them, “Which road did he take?” His sons showed him the road the prophet from Judah had taken.

The prophet then went and stood by the road, waiting for the king. He also disguised himself by putting a bandage down over his eyes.

He then asked, “Which invasion route are we going to take?” Jehoram answered, “By the road through the Desert of Edom.”

If my footsteps have strayed from the way, if my heart has gone after my eyes, or if anything has defiled my hands,

“In what direction does light reside, and darkness, where is its place,

In what direction is lightning dispersed, or the east winds scattered over the earth?

“This will be the border of the land: On the north side, from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon to the entrance of Zedad;

And the donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road with his sword drawn in his hand, so the donkey turned aside from the road and went into the field. But Balaam beat the donkey, to make her turn back to the road.

He asked the men who were there, “Where is the cult prostitute who was at Enaim by the road?” But they replied, “There has been no cult prostitute here.”

Now the Lord was going before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them in the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel day or night.

warn them of the statutes and the laws, and make known to them the way in which they must walk and the work they must do.

Walk just as he has commanded you so that you may live, that it may go well with you, and that you may live long in the land you are going to possess.

When I looked, you had indeed sinned against the Lord your God and had cast for yourselves a metal calf; you had quickly turned aside from the way he had commanded you!

You shall build a roadway and divide into thirds the whole extent of your land that the Lord your God is providing as your inheritance; anyone who kills another person should flee to the closest of these cities.

They went to the hill country and stayed there for three days, long enough for those chasing them to return. Their pursuers looked all along the way but did not find them.

These wineskins we filled were brand new, but look how they have ripped. Our clothes and sandals have worn out because it has been a very long journey.”

The Lord’s angelic messenger came back again, touched him, and said, “Get up and eat, for otherwise you won’t be able to make the journey.”

So they tracked them as far as the Jordan. The road was filled with clothes and equipment that the Syrians had discarded in their haste. The scouts went back and told the king.

He followed in the footsteps of his father and worshiped and bowed down to the disgusting idols which his father had worshiped.

You guided them with a pillar of cloud by day and with a pillar of fire by night to illumine for them the path they were to travel.