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The Lord was angry with Israel because they had worshiped the god Baal Peor.

"The Midianites are now enemies of Israel, so attack and defeat them! They tricked the people of Israel into worshiping their god at Peor, and they are responsible for the death of Cozbi, the daughter of one of their own leaders."

"You are the Lord God, and you know what is in everyone's heart. So I ask you to appoint a leader for Israel.

They are the ones who followed Balaam's advice and invited our people to worship the god Baal Peor. That's why the Lord punished us by killing so many of our people.

People of Israel, when we were in our camp at Mount Sinai, the Lord our God told us: You have stayed here long enough.

The Lord our God has blessed us, and so now there are as many of us as there are stars in the sky.

God has even promised to bless us a thousand times more, and I pray that he will.

And it doesn't matter if one is helpless and the other is powerful. Don't be afraid of anyone! No matter who shows up in your court, God will help you make a fair decision. If any case is too hard for you, bring the people to me, and I will make the decision.

and I told you, "We have reached the hill country. It belongs to the Amorites now, but the Lord our God is giving it to us. He is the same God our ancestors worshiped, and he has told us to go in and take this land, so don't hesitate and be afraid."

and even brought back some of the fruit. They said, "The Lord our God is giving us good land."

Moses said to Israel: You did not want to go into the land, and you refused to obey the Lord your God.

The Lord our God will lead the way. He will fight on our side, just as he did when we saw him do all those things to the Egyptians.

Then you told me, "We disobeyed the Lord our God, but now we want to obey him. We will go into the hill country and fight, just as he told us to do." So you picked up your weapons, thinking it would be easy to take over the hill country.

You can even sell us food and water, and we will pay with silver. We need to reach the Jordan River and cross it, because the Lord our God is giving us the land on the west side. The Edomites and Moabites have already let us cross their land. Please let us cross your land as well.

and the Lord our God helped us defeat them. We killed Sihon, his sons, and everyone else in his army.

The Lord our God helped us destroy Og and his army and conquer his entire kingdom of Bashan, including the Argob region. His kingdom had lots of villages and sixty towns with high walls and gates that locked with bars. We completely destroyed them all, killing everyone,

At that time I told the men of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh: The Lord our God told me to give you this land with its towns, and that's what I have done. Now your wives and children can stay here with your large flocks of sheep and goats and your large herds of cattle. But all of you men that can serve in our army must cross the Jordan River and help the other tribes, because they are your relatives.

Then I told Joshua, "You saw how the Lord our God helped us destroy King Sihon and King Og. So don't be afraid! Wherever you go, the Lord will fight on your side and help you destroy your enemies."

"Our Lord , it seems that you have just begun to show me your great power. No other god in the sky or on earth is able to do the mighty things that you do.

Moses said: Israel, listen to these laws and teachings! If you obey them, you will live, and you will go in and take the land that the Lord is giving you. He is the God your ancestors worshiped,