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who will go out before them and will come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so the community of Yahweh will not be like a flock that does not have a shepherd."

You will give to him from your authority so that the entire community of Israel will obey him.

So Moses said to the Israelites in accordance with all that Yahweh commanded Moses.

Moses spoke to the people, saying, "Arm yourself from among your men for the battle, so that they will go against Midian to mete out the vengeance of Yahweh on Midian.

So theywere assigned from the thousands of Israel, a thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand equipped for battle.

Behold, these women caused the Israelites, by the word of Balaam, to be in apostasy against Yahweh in the matter of Peor, so that the plague was among the community of Yahweh.

So we brought the offering of Yahweh, what each man found, objects of gold, bangles, bracelets, rings, earrings, and female ornaments, to make atonement for ourselves before Yahweh."

So Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from the commanders of the thousands and hundreds, and they brought it to the tent of the assembly as a memorial for the Israelites before Yahweh.

When they went up to the valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the Israelites so that they did not come to the land that Yahweh gave to them.

So Yahweh's anger burned on that day, and he swore an oath, saying,

So Moses said to them, "If you do this thing, if you arm yourselves before Yahweh for the war,

But if you do not do so, behold, you have sinned against Yahweh, and know that your sin will find you.

So the descendants of Gad and the descendants of Reuben said to Moses, saying, "Your servants will do just as my lord commands.

So Moses commanded them, Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of the Israelites.

So Moses gave to them, to the descendants of Gad and the descendants of Reuben, and to half of the tribe of Joseph's son Manasseh, the kingdom of Sihon the king of Amorites and the kingdom of Og the king of the Bashan, the land with its cities and their territories, the cities of the surrounding land.

So Moses gave Gilead to Makir son of Manasseh, and he lived in it.

So Moses commanded the Israelites, saying, "This is the land that you will obtain as an inheritance for yourself by lot, which Yahweh commanded to give to the nine and a half tribes.

The cities will be to you a refuge from a redeemer, so that the killer will not die until he stands before the community for judgment.

"‘But if he hit him with an object of iron, so that he dies, the killer must surely be put to death.

or with any stone, without seeing it dropped on him so that he dies, while he was not seeking his injury,