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

So Moses did as the Lord commanded; and they went up Mount Hor in the sight of the whole community.

Then they traveled on from Oboth and camped at Iye Abarim, in the wilderness that is before Moab, on the eastern side.

and the slope of the valleys that extends to the dwelling of Ar, and falls off at the border of Moab.”

and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the country of Moab, near the top of Pisgah, which overlooks the wilderness.

We have overpowered them; Heshbon has perished as far as Dibon. We have shattered them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”

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

Balak son of Zippor saw all that the Israelites had done to the Amorites.

And Balak sacrificed bulls and sheep, and sent some to Balaam, and to the princes who were with him.

So Balak did just as Balaam had said. Balak and Balaam then offered on each altar a bull and a ram.

Balaam replied, “Must I not be careful to speak what the Lord has put in my mouth?”

So Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

the oracle of the one who hears the words of God, who sees a vision from the Almighty, although falling flat on the ground with eyes open:

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.

“But every vow of a widow or of a divorced woman which she has pledged for herself will remain intact.

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

But all the young women who have not had sexual intercourse with a man will be yours.

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