They will have no inheritance in the midst of their fellow Israelites; the Lord alone is their inheritance, just as he had told them.

your infants, your wives, and the foreigners living in your encampment, those who chop wood and those who carry water –

Look! I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the Lord my God told me to do, so that you might carry them out in the land you are about to enter and possess.

You must not shed innocent blood in your land that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, for that would make you guilty.

Do not blame your people Israel whom you redeemed, O Lord, and do not hold them accountable for the bloodshed of an innocent person.” Then atonement will be made for the bloodshed.

“(For you know how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we crossed through the nations as we traveled.

or what he did to Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth in the middle of the Israelite camp and swallowed them, their families, their tents, and all the property they brought with them.

Then he will not exalt himself above his fellow citizens or turn from the commandments to the right or left, and he and his descendants will enjoy many years ruling over his kingdom in Israel.

For the Lord your God walks about in the middle of your camp to deliver you and defeat your enemies for you. Therefore your camp should be holy, so that he does not see anything indecent among you and turn away from you.