This is what is to be done for each ox, or each ram, or each of the male lambs or the goats.

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When you enter the land to which I am bringing you

“‘If you sin unintentionally and do not observe all these commandments that the Lord has spoken to Moses –

“‘If any person sins unintentionally, then he must bring a yearling female goat for a purification offering.

Thus you will remember and obey all my commandments and be holy to your God.

When he had finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split open,

and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, along with their households, and all Korah’s men, and all their goods.

All the Israelites who were around them fled at their cry, for they said, “What if the earth swallows us too?”

No longer may the Israelites approach the tent of meeting, or else they will bear their sin and die.

And the priest must take cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet wool and throw them into the midst of the fire where the heifer is burning.

And there was no water for the community, and so they gathered themselves together against Moses and Aaron.

These are the waters of Meribah, because the Israelites contended with the Lord, and his holiness was maintained among them.

But he said, “You may not pass through.” Then Edom came out against them with a large and powerful force.

So Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border; therefore Israel turned away from him.

Moses sent spies to reconnoiter Jaazer, and they captured its villages and dispossessed the Amorites who were there.

Balaam uttered his oracle, and said, “Rise up, Balak, and hear; Listen to me, son of Zippor:

But Balaam replied to Balak, “Did I not tell you, ‘All that the Lord speaks, I must do’?”

Edom will be a possession, Seir, his enemies, will also be a possession; but Israel will act valiantly.

These women invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods; then the people ate and bowed down to their gods.

Their inheritance must be apportioned by lot among the larger and smaller groups.