The Israelites said to Moses, “We are bound to die! We perish, we all perish!

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

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

Then the Lord met Balaam and put a message in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you.”

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

Balaam said to Balak, “Did I not also tell your messengers whom you sent to me,

“Any vow or sworn obligation that would bring affliction to her, her husband can confirm or nullify.

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

Now therefore kill every boy, and kill every woman who has had sexual intercourse with a man.

The half-portion of those who went to war numbered 337,500 sheep;

Your fathers did the same thing when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land.

you must then designate some towns as towns of refuge for you, to which a person who has killed someone unintentionally may flee.

the Lord our God delivered him over to us and we struck him down, along with his sons and everyone else.

Their territory extended from Aroer at the edge of the Arnon valley as far as Mount Siyon – that is, Hermon –

If you think, “These nations are more numerous than I – how can I dispossess them?”

Be careful not to say, “My own ability and skill have gotten me this wealth.”

You must love the Lord your God and do what he requires; keep his statutes, ordinances, and commandments at all times.

I will provide pasture for your livestock and you will eat your fill.”

Make sure you do not turn away to serve and worship other gods!

Thus all Israel will hear and be afraid; no longer will they continue to do evil like this among you.