Then Balaam looked on Amalek and delivered this oracle: “Amalek was the first of the nations, but his end will be that he will perish.”

Then he looked on the Kenites and uttered this oracle: “Your dwelling place seems strong, and your nest is set on a rocky cliff.

The Manassehites: from Machir, the family of the Machirites (now Machir became the father of Gilead); from Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.

The land must be divided by lot; and they will inherit in accordance with the names of their ancestral tribes.

and if he has no brothers, then you are to give his inheritance to his father’s brothers;

When you have seen it, you will be gathered to your ancestors, as Aaron your brother was gathered to his ancestors.

He laid his hands on him and commissioned him, just as the Lord commanded, by the authority of Moses.

You must offer these in addition to the burnt offering in the morning which is for a continual burnt offering.

“Exact vengeance for the Israelites on the Midianites – after that you will be gathered to your people.”

They fought against the Midianites, as the Lord commanded Moses, and they killed every male.

Divide the plunder into two parts, one for those who took part in the war – who went out to battle – and the other for all the community.

So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.

“But if you do not do this, then look, you will have sinned against the Lord. And know that your sin will find you out.

The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it.

So Moses gave Gilead to Machir, son of Manasseh, and he lived there.

Moses recorded their departures according to their journeys, by the commandment of the Lord; now these are their journeys according to their departures.

You must take one leader from every tribe to assist in allocating the land as an inheritance.

These are the ones whom the Lord commanded to divide up the inheritance among the Israelites in the land of Canaan.

The avenger of blood himself must kill the murderer; when he meets him, he must kill him.

But if the slayer at any time goes outside the boundary of the town to which he had fled,