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But if her father hears about the promise and does not agree, she is free from her promise. She does not have to do what she promised. Her father stopped her, so the Lord will forgive her.

But if the husband hears about the promise and refuses to let her keep her promise, the wife does not have to do what she promised. Her husband broke the promise—he did not let her do what she said. So the Lord will forgive her.

But if her husband hears about the promise and refuses to let her keep the promise, she does not have to do what she promised. It doesn't matter what she promised to do; if her husband is against it, this ends her duty to do it. And the Lord will forgive her.

But if the husband hears about the promises and stops them, he is responsible for breaking her promises."

You can let all the young girls live—but only if they never had sexual relations with any man.

‘None of the people who came from Egypt and are 20 years old or older will be allowed to see this land. I made a promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I promised to give this land to these people, but they did not really follow me.

But the people from the tribes of Reuben and Gad went to Moses. They said, "We will build cities for our children and barns for our animals here.

Then our children can be safe from the other people who live in this land. But we will gladly come and help the other Israelites. We will bring them to their land.

So Moses told them, "If you do all these things, this land will belong to you. But your soldiers must go before the Lord into battle.

But if you don't do these things, you will be sinning against the Lord . And know for sure that you will be punished for your sin.

Build cities for your children and barns for your animals. But then, you must do what you promised."

But we, your servants, will cross the Jordan River. We will march before the Lord into battle, as our master says."

But if they do not cross the river with you ready to fight, they will not get any land on this side. They will get only a share of the land of Canaan with the rest of you."

Nebo, Baal Meon, and Sibmah. They used the names of the cities that they rebuilt. But they changed the names of Nebo and Baal Meon.

Perhaps you threw a rock that was large enough to kill, but it hit someone you didn't see and killed them. You didn't plan to kill anyone. You didn't hate the person you killed—it was only an accident.

People might sell their land, but in the Jubilee year, all the land is returned to the tribe that really owns it. At that time who will get the land that belongs to Zelophehad's daughters? Will our tribe lose that land forever?"

But it was 40 years from the time the Israelites left Egypt until the time they came to this place. On the first day of the eleventh month of the 40th year, Moses spoke to the people and told them everything the Lord commanded.

But I cannot take care of you and solve all your arguments by myself.

You must treat everyone the same when you judge. You must listen carefully to everyone—whether they are important or not. Don't be afraid of anyone, because your decision is from God. But if there is a case too hard for you to judge, bring it to me and I will judge it.'

"But all of you came to me and said, ‘Let's send some men to look at the land first. They can spy out the land and come back and tell us the way we should go and which cities we will come to.'