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Then Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I brought you here to curse my enemies, but all you have done is bless them."

Then Balak said to Balaam, "You refuse to curse the people of Israel, but at least don't bless them!"

Balak clenched his fists in anger and said to Balaam, "I called you to curse my enemies, but three times now you have blessed them instead.

Now get on home! I promised to reward you, but the Lord has kept you from getting the reward."

Balaam said to Balak, "Now I am going back to my own people, but before I go, I am warning you what the people of Israel will do to your people in the future."

Then in his vision Balaam saw the Amalekites and uttered this prophecy: "Amalek was the most powerful nation of all, But at the end it will perish forever."

But you Kenites will be destroyed When Assyria takes you captive."

Invaders will sail from Cyprus; They will conquer Assyria and Eber, But they, in turn, will perish forever."

but it had already killed twenty-four thousand people.

"Because of what Phinehas has done, I am no longer angry with the people of Israel. He refused to tolerate the worship of any god but me, and that is why I did not destroy them in my anger.

But the sons of Korah were not killed.)

Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons, but only daughters; their names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

When a man makes a vow to give something to the Lord or takes an oath to abstain from something, he must not break his promise, but must do everything that he said he would.

But if her father forbids her to fulfill the vow when he hears about it, she is not required to keep it. The Lord will forgive her, because her father refused to let her keep it.

But if her husband forbids her to fulfill the vow when he hears about it, she is not required to keep it. The Lord will forgive her.

But if her husband forbids her to fulfill the vow when he hears about it, she is not required to keep it. The Lord will forgive her, because her husband prevented her from keeping her vow.

But if, by the day after he hears of the vow, he has raised no objection, she must do everything that she has vowed or promised. He has affirmed the vow by not objecting on the day he heard of it.

But if he later annuls the vow, he must suffer the consequences for the failure to fulfill the vow.

but keep alive for yourselves all the girls and all the women who are virgins.

They went as far as Eshcol Valley and saw the land, but when they returned, they discouraged the people from entering the land which the Lord had given them.