“Look, a nation has come out of Egypt, and it covers the face of the earth. Come now and put a curse on them for me; perhaps I will be able to defeat them and drive them out.”

I will strike them with the pestilence, and I will disinherit them; I will make you into a nation that is greater and mightier than they!”

“Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their clans and families, counting the name of every individual male.

God brought them out of Egypt. They have, as it were, the strength of a wild bull.

And Balaam said to the donkey, “You have made me look stupid; I wish there were a sword in my hand, for I would kill you right now.”

along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering.

along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and their drink offerings.

along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering.

along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering.

along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering.

along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering.

So it will be to him and his descendants after him a covenant of a permanent priesthood, because he has been zealous for his God, and has made atonement for the Israelites.’”

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

“Number the Levites by their clans and their families; every male from a month old and upward you are to number.”

“‘This is the law for cases of jealousy, when a wife, while under her husband’s authority, goes astray and defiles herself,

along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering.

along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering.

“But if he hits someone with an iron tool so that he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death.

And you must not accept a ransom for anyone who has fled to a town of refuge, to allow him to return home and live on his own land before the death of the high priest.

For fire went out from Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It has consumed Ar of Moab and the lords of the high places of Arnon.