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So Israel joined themselves to Baal of Peor, and the Lord was angry with Israel.

So Moses said to the judges of Israel, "Each of you kill his men who have joined themselves to Baal of Peor."

and went after the man of Israel into the tent. Then he cut through the bodies of both the man of Israel and the woman. So the very bad disease that spread on the people of Israel was stopped.

"Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the religious leader, has turned My anger away from the people of Israel. He was jealous with My jealousy among them, so I did not destroy the people of Israel in My jealousy.

So say to them that I make My agreement of peace with Phinehas.

So Moses and Eleazar the religious leader said to the people in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho,

So the Lord said to Moses, "Take Joshua the son of Nun, in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him.

Give some of your power to him so all the people of Israel will obey him.

But if her husband says nothing to her from day to day, then she must keep all her promises. He made her promises so they could not be changed, because he said nothing to her on the day he heard of them.

So 1,000 men came from each of the family groups of the thousands of Israel. There were 12,000 ready for war.

So the men made war against Midian, just as the Lord had told Moses, and they killed every male.

See, these women listened to Balaam and caused the people of Israel to sin against the Lord in what happened at Peor. So the very bad disease came to the people of the Lord.

So Moses and Eleazar the religious leader took the gold from the heads of thousands and of hundreds. They brought it to the meeting tent so that the people of Israel would be remembered before the Lord.

So the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben came and said to Moses and Eleazar the religious leader and the leaders of the people,

They went up to the valley of Eshcol and saw the land. Then they took the desire away from the people of Israel so that they did not go into the land the Lord had given them.

So the Lord's anger burned on that day, and He swore, saying

So the Lord's anger burned against Israel. He made them travel in the desert forty years, until all the people of that day who had sinned in the eyes of the Lord were destroyed.

So Moses said to them, "Do as you say. Get ready for war before the Lord.

So Moses gave news about them to Eleazar the religious leader, Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers' houses of the families of the people of Israel.

So Moses gave the nations of Sihon king of the Amorites and Og king of Bashan to the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben and the half-family group of Joseph's son Manasseh. He gave them the land, with its cities and the country around them.