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But the Kenites will be destroyed when Assyria takes you captive."

Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus; they will oppress Assyria and afflict Eber, but they, too, will be utterly destroyed."

but not before 24,000 people had died.

But the earth opened up its mouth and swallowed them with Korah, and fire devoured 250 of their followers. This served as a warning to the entire nation of Israel.

(One of Hepher's descendants, Zelophehad, had no sons, but his daughters' names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.)

But you must assign the land by lot, and give land to each ancestral tribe according to the number of names on the list.

But Nadab and Abihu died when they burned before the Lord the wrong kind of fire, different than he had commanded.

The men from the Levite clans who were one month old or older numbered 23,000. But the Levites were not included in the registration of the rest of the people of Israel because they were not given an allotment of land when it was divided among the Israelites.

"Our father died in the wilderness," they said. "He was not among Korah's followers, who rebelled against the Lord ; he died because of his own sin. But he had no sons.

But if his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the nearest relative in his clan. This is a legal requirement for the people of Israel, just as the Lord commanded Moses."

On the following day—the fifteenth day of the month—a joyous, seven-day festival will begin, but no bread made with yeast may be eaten.

But if her father refuses to let her fulfill the vow or pledge on the day he hears of it, then all her vows and pledges will become invalid. The Lord will forgive her because her father would not let her fulfill them.

But if her husband refuses to accept her vow or impulsive pledge on the day he hears of it, he nullifies her commitments, and the Lord will forgive her.

"But suppose a woman is married and living in her husband's home when she makes a vow or binds herself with a pledge.

But if her husband refuses to accept it on the day he hears of it, her vow or pledge will be nullified, and the Lord will forgive her.

But if he does not object on the day he hears of it, then he is agreeing to all her vows and pledges.

But Moses was furious with all the generals and captains who had returned from the battle.

that is, all metals that do not burn—must be passed through fire in order to be made ceremonially pure. These metal objects must then be further purified with the water of purification. But everything that burns must be purified by the water alone.

But here you are, a brood of sinners, doing exactly the same thing! You are making the Lord even angrier with Israel.

But they approached Moses and said, "We simply want to build pens for our livestock and fortified towns for our wives and children.