As for me, the <sc>Lordsc> was also angry with me on your account. He said, &#8220;You also will not be able to go there.

<p class="poetry">The sword will make people childless outside,p> <p class="poetry">and terror will do so inside;p> <p class="poetry">they will destroy<n id="1" /> both the young man and the virgin,p> <p class="poetry">the infant and the gray-haired man.p>

The <sc>Lordsc> was also angry enough at Aaron to kill him, but at that time I prayed for him<n id="1" /> too.

So the <sc>Lordsc> our God did indeed give over to us King Og of Bashan and his whole army and we struck them down until not a single survivor was left.<n id="1" />

For I was terrified at the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s intense anger<n id="1" /> that threatened to destroy you. But he<n id="2" /> listened to me this time as well.

A person of illegitimate birth<n id="1" /> may not enter the assembly of the <sc>Lordsc>; to the tenth generation no one related to him may do so.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">An Ammonite or Moabite<n id="1" /> may not enter the assembly of the <sc>Lordsc>; to the tenth generation none of their descendants shall ever<n id="2" /> do so,<n id="3" />

You must never bring the pay of a female prostitute<n id="1" /> or the wage of a male prostitute<n id="2" /> into the temple of the <sc>Lordsc> your God in fulfillment of any vow, for both of these are abhorrent to the <sc>Lordsc> your God.p>

Moreover, the <sc>Lordsc> will bring upon you every kind of sickness and plague not mentioned in this scroll of commandments,<n id="1" /> until you have perished.

You must fight<n id="1" /> until the <sc>Lordsc> gives your countrymen victory<n id="2" /> as he did you and they take possession of the land that the <sc>Lordsc> your God is giving them on the other side of the Jordan River. Then each of you may return to his own territory that I have given you.&#8221;

As for me, I stayed at the mountain as I did the first time, forty days and nights. The <sc>Lordsc> listened to me that time as well and decided not to destroy you.

After they have been destroyed from your presence, be careful not to be ensnared like they are; do not pursue their gods and say, &#8220;How do these nations serve their gods? I will do the same.&#8221;

You must not worship the <sc>Lordsc> your God the way they do!<n id="1" /> For everything that is abhorrent<n id="2" /> to him,<n id="3" /> everything he hates, they have done when worshiping their gods. They even burn up their sons and daughters before their gods!p>

<p class="bodytext">If a man is caught having sexual relations with<n id="1" /> a married woman<n id="2" /> both the man who had relations with the woman and the woman herself must die; in this way you will purge<n id="3" /> evil from Israel.p>