<p class="poetry">&#8220;You should fear me!&#8221; says the <sc>Lordsc>.p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;You should tremble in awe before me!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I made the sand to be a boundary for the sea,p> <p class="poetry">a permanent barrier that it can never cross.p> <p class="poetry">Its waves may roll, but they can never prevail.p> <p class="poetry">They may roar, but they can never cross beyond that boundary.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

I will punish those people who have violated their covenant with me. I will make them like the calf they cut in two and passed between its pieces.<n id="1" /> I will do so because they did not keep the terms of the covenant they made in my presence.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;On that day I will assign Gog a grave in Israel. It will be the valley of those who travel east of the sea; it will block the way of the travelers. There they will bury Gog and all his horde; they will call it the valley of Hamon-Gog.<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="poetry"><v id="(2:1)" /><n id="1" /> Look! A herald is running<n id="2" /> on the mountains!p> <p class="poetry">A messenger is proclaiming deliverance:<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Celebrate your sacred festivals, O Judah!p> <p class="poetry">Fulfill your sacred vows to praise God!<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">For never again<n id="5" /> will the wicked<n id="6" /> Assyrians<n id="7" /> invade<n id="8" /> you,p> <p class="poetry">they<n id="9" /> have been completely destroyed.&#8221;<n id="10" />p>

<p class="bodytext">When the sun had gone down and it was dark, a smoking firepot with a flaming torch<n id="1" /> passed between the animal parts.<n id="2" />

He left<n id="1" /> with all he owned. He quickly crossed<n id="2" /> the Euphrates River<n id="3" /> and headed for<n id="4" /> the hill country of Gilead.p>

He entrusted them to<n id="1" /> his servants, who divided them into herds.<n id="2" /> He told his servants, &#8220;Pass over before me, and keep some distance between one herd and the next.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Now Joseph was 30 years old<n id="1" /> when he began serving<n id="2" /> Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph was commissioned by<n id="3" /> Pharaoh and was in charge of<n id="4" /> all the land of Egypt.

then you must give over<n id="1" /> to the <sc>Lordsc> the first offspring of every womb.<n id="2" /> Every firstling<n id="3" /> of a beast that you have<n id="4" /> &#8211; the males will be the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s.<n id="5" />

Everyone who crosses over to those who are numbered<n id="1" /> is to pay this: a half shekel<n id="2" /> according to the shekel of the sanctuary<n id="3" /> (a shekel weighs twenty gerahs). The half shekel is to be an offering<n id="4" /> to the <sc>Lordsc>.

The <sc>Lordsc> passed by before him and proclaimed:<n id="1" /> &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc>, the <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="2" /> the compassionate and gracious<n id="3" /> God, slow to anger,<n id="4" /> and abounding in loyal love and faithfulness,<n id="5" />

<p class="bodytext">Moses instructed them to take<n id="1" /> his message<n id="2" /> throughout the camp, saying, &#8220;Let no man or woman do any more work for the offering for the sanctuary.&#8221; So the people were restrained from bringing any more.<n id="3" />

I will grant peace in the land so that<n id="1" /> you will lie down to sleep without anyone terrifying you.<n id="2" /> I will remove harmful animals<n id="3" /> from the land, and no sword of war<n id="4" /> will pass through your land.

All the tithe of herd or flock, everything which passes under the rod, the tenth one will be holy to the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="1" />

And do this<n id="1" /> to them to purify them: Sprinkle water of purification<n id="2" /> on them; then have them shave<n id="3" /> all their body<n id="4" /> and wash<n id="5" /> their clothes, and so purify themselves.<n id="6" />

They said to the whole community of the Israelites, &#8220;The land we passed through to investigate is an exceedingly<n id="1" /> good land.

Then the Israelites said to him, &#8220;We will go along the highway, and if we<n id="1" /> or our cattle drink any of your water, we will pay for it. We will only pass through on our feet, without doing anything else.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">Then the angel of the <sc>Lordsc> went farther, and stood in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn either to the right or to the left.

&#8220;The daughters of Zelophehad have a valid claim.<n id="1" /> You must indeed<n id="2" /> give them possession of an inheritance among their father&#8217;s relatives, and you must transfer<n id="3" /> the inheritance of their father to them.

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;