Balak again sent princes, more numerous and more distinguished than the first.

From these the coastlands of the nations were separated into their lands, every one according to its language, according to their families, by their nations.

when an individual becomes guilty with regard to one of these things he must confess how he has sinned,

the clans of Kiriath Jearim – the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. (The Zorathites and Eshtaolites descended from these groups.)

No, a wind too strong for that will come at my bidding. Yes, even now I, myself, am calling down judgment on them.’

He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? You will see even greater abominations than these!”

“Suppose such a man has a violent son who sheds blood and does any of these things mentioned previously

“‘You must bring the grain offering that must be made from these to the Lord. Present it to the priest, and he will bring it to the altar.

So the priest will make atonement on his behalf for his sin which he has committed by doing one of these things, and he will be forgiven. The remainder of the offering will belong to the priest like the grain offering.’”

David said, “Of these, 24,000 are to direct the work of the Lord’s temple; 6,000 are to be officials and judges;

Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these days?” for it is not wise to ask that.

or when a person swears an oath, speaking thoughtlessly with his lips, whether to do evil or to do good, with regard to anything which the individual might speak thoughtlessly in an oath, even if he did not realize it, but he himself has later come to know it and is guilty with regard to one of these oaths –

No eye took pity on you to do even one of these things for you to spare you; you were thrown out into the open field because you were detested on the day you were born.