<p class="bodytext">These are the waters of Meribah, because the Israelites contended with the <sc>Lordsc>, and his holiness was maintained<n id="1" /> among them.p>

<p class="bodytext">So Moses did as the <sc>Lordsc> commanded; and they went up Mount Hor in the sight<n id="1" /> of the whole community.

Then they traveled on from Oboth and camped at Iye Abarim,<n id="1" /> in the wilderness that is before Moab, on the eastern side.<n id="2" />

and the slope of the valleys<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">that extends to the dwelling of Ar,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and falls off at the border of Moab.&#8221;p>

and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the country of Moab, near the top of Pisgah, which overlooks the wilderness.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">We have overpowered them;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Heshbon has perished as far as Dibon.p> <p class="poetry">We have shattered them as far as Nophah,p> <p class="poetry">which<n id="2" /> reaches to Medeba.&#8221;p>

Moses sent spies to reconnoiter<n id="1" /> Jaazer, and they captured its villages<n id="2" /> and dispossessed the Amorites who were there.p>

Balak son of Zippor saw all that the Israelites had done to the Amorites.

And Balak sacrificed bulls and sheep, and sent some<n id="1" /> to Balaam, and to the princes who were with him.

So Balak did just as Balaam had said. Balak and Balaam then offered on each<n id="1" /> altar a bull and a ram.

Balaam replied,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Must I not be careful<n id="2" /> to speak what the <sc>Lordsc> has put in my mouth?&#8221;<n id="3" />

So Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.p>

<p class="poetry">the oracle of the one who hears the words of God,p> <p class="poetry">who sees a vision from the Almighty,p> <p class="poetry">although falling flat on the ground<n id="1" /> with eyes open:<n id="2" />p>

When you have seen it, you will be gathered<n id="1" /> to your ancestors,<n id="2" /> as Aaron your brother was gathered to his ancestors.<n id="3" />

He laid his hands on him and commissioned him, just as the <sc>Lordsc> commanded,<n id="1" /> by the authority<n id="2" /> of Moses.p>

You must offer these in addition to the burnt offering in the morning which is for a continual burnt offering.

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;But every vow of a widow or of a divorced woman which she has pledged for herself will remain intact.<n id="1" />

They fought against the Midianites, as the <sc>Lordsc> commanded Moses, and they killed every male.<n id="1" />

But all the young women<n id="1" /> who have not had sexual intercourse with a man<n id="2" /> will be yours.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the <sc>Lordsc> commanded Moses.