Now therefore kill every boy,<n id="1" /> and kill every woman who has had sexual intercourse with a man.<n id="2" />

Moses<n id="1" /> said, &#8220;Do not leave us,<n id="2" /> because you know places for us to camp in the wilderness, and you could be our guide.<n id="3" />

<t /><n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">Moses<n id="2" /> sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom:<n id="3" /> &#8220;Thus says your brother Israel: &#8216;You know all the hardships we have experienced,<n id="4" />

<t /><n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> said to Moses, &#8220;Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know are elders of the people and officials<n id="2" /> over them, and bring them to the tent of meeting; let them take their position there with you.