“‘If you walk in hostility against me and are not willing to obey me, I will increase your affliction seven times according to your sins.

You and Aaron are to number all in Israel who can serve in the army, those who are twenty years old or older, by their divisions.

The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothing; then Aaron presented them like a wave offering before the Lord, and Aaron made atonement for them to purify them.

Moses said, “Do not leave us, because you know places for us to camp in the wilderness, and you could be our guide.

And when the ark traveled, Moses would say, “Rise up, O Lord! May your enemies be scattered, and may those who hate you flee before you!”

But the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against these people, because they are stronger than we are!”

And the priest must make atonement for the person who sins unintentionally – when he sins unintentionally before the Lord – to make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.

So Israel made a vow to the Lord and said, “If you will indeed deliver this people into our hand, then we will utterly destroy their cities.”

Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not send again and again to you to summon you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not able to honor you?”

Balaam said to Balak, “Look, I have come to you. Now, am I able to speak just anything? I must speak only the word that God puts in my mouth.”

Then Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, but on the contrary you have only blessed them!”

And now, I am about to go back to my own people. Come now, and I will advise you as to what this people will do to your people in the future.”

“If a young woman who is still living in her father’s house makes a vow to the Lord or places herself under an obligation,

So they said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for our inheritance. Do not have us cross the Jordan River.”

or with any stone large enough that a man could die, without seeing him, and throws it at him, and he dies, even though he was not his enemy nor sought his harm,

But the Lord told me: “Tell them this: ‘Do not go up and fight, because I will not be with you and you will be defeated by your enemies.’”

Sell me food for cash so that I can eat and sell me water to drink. Just allow me to go through on foot,

The Lord said to me, “Look! I have already begun to give over Sihon and his land to you. Start right now to take his land as your possession.”

Be careful, therefore, to do exactly what the Lord your God has commanded you; do not turn right or left!

Instead, this is what you must do to them: You must tear down their altars, shatter their sacred pillars, cut down their sacred Asherah poles, and burn up their idols.