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

So the entire company of Israelites traveled from Kadesh and came to Mount Hor.

How can I curse one whom God has not cursed, or how can I denounce one whom the Lord has not denounced?

Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!”

When Balaam lifted up his eyes, he saw Israel camped tribe by tribe; and the Spirit of God came upon him.

Then he uttered this oracle: “The oracle of Balaam son of Beor; the oracle of the man whose eyes are open;

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

Then he uttered this oracle: “O, who will survive when God does this!

“To these the land must be divided as an inheritance according to the number of the names.

“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.

They traveled from Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.

They traveled from Ezion-geber and camped in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.

“‘And this will be your northern border: From the Great Sea you will draw a line to Mount Hor;

from Mount Hor you will draw a line to Lebo Hamath, and the direction of the border will be to Zedad.

“But if he strikes him suddenly, without enmity, or throws anything at him unintentionally,

Now it is ordinarily an eleven-day journey from Horeb to Kadesh Barnea by way of Mount Seir.

The Lord our God spoke to us at Horeb and said, “You have stayed in the area of this mountain long enough.

But as for you, turn back and head for the desert by the way to the Red Sea.”

Have a people ever heard the voice of God speaking from the middle of fire, as you yourselves have, and lived to tell about it?