<p class="poetry">The godly speak wise wordsp> <p class="poetry">and promote justice.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">You plot against your brother;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you slander your own brother.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not speak in the ears of a fool,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for he will despise the wisdom of your words.<n id="2" />p>

So now go, and I will be with your mouth<n id="1" /> and will teach you<n id="2" /> what you must say.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

And you are to tell the Israelites: &#8216;This is to be my sacred anointing oil throughout your generations.

Moreover,<n id="1" /> you are to tell the Israelites, &#8216;If any man curses his God<n id="2" /> he will bear responsibility for his sin,

Then the <sc>Lordsc> put a message<n id="1" /> in Balaam&#8217;s mouth and said, &#8220;Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Then the woman said, &#8220;Please permit your servant to speak to my lord the king about another matter.&#8221; He replied, &#8220;Tell me.&#8221;

But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night and warned him,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Be careful<n id="2" /> that you neither bless nor curse Jacob.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

You are to speak<n id="1" /> everything I command you,<n id="2" /> and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh that he must release<n id="3" /> the Israelites from his land.

and you will be to me<n id="1" /> a kingdom of priests<n id="2" /> and a holy nation.&#8217;<n id="3" /> These are the words that you will speak to the Israelites.&#8221;p>

You<n id="1" /> are to speak to all who are specially skilled,<n id="2" /> whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom,<n id="3" /> so that they may make<n id="4" /> Aaron&#8217;s garments to set him apart<n id="5" /> to minister as my priest.

Then tell the Israelites: &#8216;Take a male goat<n id="1" /> for a sin offering and a calf and lamb, both a year old and flawless,<n id="2" /> for a burnt offering,

Then the <sc>Lordsc> met Balaam and put a message<n id="1" /> in his mouth and said, &#8220;Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you.&#8221;

And you must tell the Israelites, &#8216;If a man dies<n id="1" /> and has no son, then you must transfer his inheritance to his daughter;

<p class="bodytext">Then the king replied to him, &#8220;Why should you continue speaking like this? You and Ziba will inherit the field together.&#8221;

The king said to him, &#8220;How many times must I make you solemnly promise in<n id="1" /> the name of the <sc>Lordsc> to tell me only the truth?&#8221;

The king said to him, &#8220;How many times must I make you solemnly promise in<n id="1" /> the name of the <sc>Lordsc> to tell me only the truth?&#8221;

The <sc>Lordsc> said to me, &#8220;Do not say, &#8216;I am too young.&#8217; But go<n id="1" /> to whomever I send you and say whatever I tell you.

&#8220;You are to speak to the Levites, and you must tell them, &#8216;When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that I have given you from them as your inheritance, then you are to offer up<n id="1" /> from it as a raised offering to the <sc>Lordsc> a tenth of the tithe.