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Yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not spurn them, or abhor them so as to destroy them utterly and break my covenant with them; for I am the Lord their God;

but I will remember in their favor the covenant with their ancestors whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, to be their God: I am the Lord .

Even if their father or mother, brother or sister, should die, they may not defile themselves; because their consecration to God is upon the head.

When you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, so that you may be remembered before the Lord your God and be saved from your enemies.

Also on your days of rejoicing, at your appointed festivals, and at the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over your sacrifices of well-being; they shall serve as a reminder on your behalf before the Lord your God: I am the Lord your God.

And Moses cried to the Lord , "O God, please heal her."

So you shall remember and do all my commandments, and you shall be holy to your God.

I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord your God.

Is it too little for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to allow you to approach him in order to perform the duties of the Lord 's tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation and serve them?

They fell on their faces, and said, "O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one person sin and you become angry with the whole congregation?"

The people spoke against God and against Moses, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we detest this miserable food."

God came to Balaam and said, "Who are these men with you?"

Balaam said to God, "King Balak son of Zippor of Moab, has sent me this message:

God said to Balaam, "You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people, for they are blessed."

But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, "Although Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the command of the Lord my God, to do less or more.

That night God came to Balaam and said to him, "If the men have come to summon you, get up and go with them; but do only what I tell you to do."

Balaam said to Balak, "I have come to you now, but do I have power to say just anything? The word God puts in my mouth, that is what I must say."

Then God met Balaam; and Balaam said to him, "I have arranged the seven altars, and have offered a bull and a ram on each altar."

How can I curse whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce those whom the Lord has not denounced?

God is not a human being, that he should lie, or a mortal, that he should change his mind. Has he promised, and will he not do it? Has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?