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But Moshe was angry with the army officers, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds coming in from the battlefield.

But the young girls who have never slept with a man, keep alive for yourselves.

But they came up to him and said, "Here we will build enclosures for our livestock and cities for our little ones,

but we ourselves will be armed and ready for action to march at the head of the people of Isra'el, until we have brought them to their place. Our little ones will stay in the fortified cities here because of the people now living in the land.

But if you will not do this, then you have sinned against Adonai , and you must understand that your sin will find you out.

but your servants will cross over, every man armed for war, before Adonai to do battle, as my lord says."

But if they do not cross with you armed, they are to possess land along with you in Kena‘an."

But if you don't drive out the inhabitants of the land from in front of you, then those you allow to remain will become like thorns in your eyes and stings in your sides — they will harass you in the land where you are living.

"‘But suppose he shoves him suddenly, but without hostility; or he throws something at him unintentionally;

But if the killer ever goes beyond the limits of the city of refuge he fled to,

because he must stay in his city of refuge until the death of the cohen hagadol. But after the death of the cohen hagadol the killer may return to the land he owns.

"‘If anyone kills someone, the murderer is to be put to death upon the testimony of witnesses; but the testimony of only one witness will not suffice to cause a person to be put to death.

But if they get married to anyone belonging to another of the tribes of the people of Isra'el, then their inheritance will be taken away from the inheritance of our ancestors and be added to the inheritance of the tribe they will then belong to; thus it will be taken away from the sum total of our inheritance.

Here is what Adonai has ordered concerning the daughters of Tz'lof'chad: ‘Let them be married to whomever they think best, but they must marry only into a family from their father's tribe.

(ii) But you are burdensome, bothersome and quarrelsome! How can I bear it by myself alone?

You are not to show favoritism when judging, but give equal attention to the small and to the great. No matter how a person presents himself, don't be afraid of him; because the decision is God's. The case that is too hard for you, bring to me and I will hear it.'

"But you would not go up. Instead you rebelled against the order of Adonai your God;

But as for yourselves, turn around and head into the desert by the road to the Sea of Suf.'

But Adonai said to me, ‘Tell them, "Don't go up, and don't fight, because I am not there with you; if you do, your enemies will defeat you."'

So I told you, but you wouldn't listen. Instead, you rebelled against Adonai 's order, took matters into your own hands and went up into the hill-country;