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So the cloud of the Lord was over the Holy Tent during the day, and there was a fire in the cloud at night. So all the Israelites could see the cloud while they traveled.

Moses said, "You have done what the Lord commanded, so you will see the Lord 's glory."

"If the skin disease spreads all over a person's body, covering his skin from his head to his feet, as far as the priest can see, the priest must look at the person's whole body.

to see if she is not pure and if she has sinned against her husband. When it goes into her, if her stomach gets big and she is not able to have another baby, her people will reject her.

But now we have lost our appetite; we never see anything but this manna!"

But the Lord said to Moses, "Do you think I'm weak? Now you will see if I can do what I say."

See what the land looks like. Are the people who live there strong or weak? Are there a few or many?

So not one of them will see the land I promised to their ancestors. No one who rejected me will see that land.

Then the Lord let Balaam see the angel of the Lord , who was standing in the road with his sword drawn. Then Balaam bowed facedown on the ground.

The next morning Balak took Balaam to Bamoth Baal; from there he could see the edge of the Israelite camp.

I see them from the top of the mountains; I see them from the hills. I see a people who live alone, who think they are different from other nations.

Then Balak said to him, "Come with me to another place, where you can also see the people. But you can only see part of them, not all of them. Curse them for me from there."

this is the message of a man who hears the words of God. I see a vision from the Almighty, and my eyes are open as I fall before him.

this is the message of a man who hears the words of God. I know well the Most High God. I see a vision from the Almighty, and my eyes are open as I fall before him.

I see someone who will come someday, someone who will come, but not soon. A star will come from Jacob; a ruler will rise from Israel. He will crush the heads of the Moabites and smash the skulls of the sons of Sheth.

‘None of the people who came from Egypt and who are twenty years old or older will see the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. These people have not followed me completely.

Or a person might drop a rock on someone he couldn't see and kill that person. There was no plan to hurt anyone and no hatred for the one who was killed.

See, I have given you this land, so go in and take it for yourselves. The Lord promised it to your ancestors—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and their descendants."

"I promised a good land to your ancestors, but none of you evil people will see it.

Only Caleb son of Jephunneh will see it. I will give him and his descendants the land he walked on, because he followed the Lord completely."