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But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive out of those men who went to spy out the land.

"Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When you enter the land where you are going to live, which I am giving you,

"Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When you enter the land where I am bringing you,

then it shall be, that when you eat from the food of the land, you shall lift up an offering to the LORD.

"I am the LORD your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt to be your God; I am the LORD your God."

But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "Since you did not trust in Me, to treat Me as holy in the sight of the sons of Israel, for that reason you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them."

Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron at Mount Hor by the border of the land of Edom, saying,

"Aaron will be gathered to his people; for he shall not enter the land which I have given to the sons of Israel, because you rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah.

Then they set out from Mount Hor by the way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the people became impatient because of the journey.

and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the land of Moab, at the top of Pisgah, which overlooks the desert.

So Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.

So he sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, at Pethor, which is near the Euphrates River, in the land of the sons of his people, to call for him, saying, "Behold, a people came out of Egypt; behold, they have covered the surface of the land, and they are living opposite me.

"Now, therefore, please come, curse this people for me since they are too mighty for me; perhaps I will be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land. For I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed."

'Behold, there is a people who came out of Egypt, and they cover the surface of the land; now come, curse them for me; perhaps I will be able to fight against them and drive them out.'"

"Take a census of the people from twenty years old and upward, as the LORD has commanded Moses." Now the sons of Israel who came out of the land of Egypt were as follows:

The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

"Among these the land shall be divided as an inheritance according to the number of names.

"But the land shall be divided by lot. They shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.

Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go up to this mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the sons of Israel.

Now the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad had a very large number of livestock. So when they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, that it was indeed a place suitable for livestock,