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See, I received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot revoke it.

Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, no divination against Israel; now it shall be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘See what God has done!'

I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near— a star shall come out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel; it shall crush the borderlands of Moab, and the territory of all the Shethites.

The Lord said to Moses, "Go up this mountain of the Abarim range, and see the land that I have given to the Israelites.

You shall offer an offering by fire, a burnt offering to the Lord : two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old; see that they are without blemish.

Your fathers did this, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.

‘Surely none of the people who came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land that I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, because they have not unreservedly followed me—

See, I have set the land before you; go in and take possession of the land that I swore to your ancestors, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their descendants after them."

See, the Lord your God has given the land to you; go up, take possession, as the Lord , the God of your ancestors, has promised you; do not fear or be dismayed."

"Not one of these—not one of this evil generation—shall see the good land that I swore to give to your ancestors,

except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He shall see it, and to him and to his descendants I will give the land on which he set foot, because of his complete fidelity to the Lord ."

"Proceed on your journey and cross the Wadi Arnon. See, I have handed over to you King Sihon the Amorite of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession by engaging him in battle.

The Lord said to me, "See, I have begun to give Sihon and his land over to you. Begin now to take possession of his land."

Let me cross over to see the good land beyond the Jordan, that good hill country and the Lebanon."

But charge Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, because it is he who shall cross over at the head of this people and who shall secure their possession of the land that you will see."

See, just as the Lord my God has charged me, I now teach you statutes and ordinances for you to observe in the land that you are about to enter and occupy.

And when you look up to the heavens and see the sun, the moon, and the stars, all the host of heaven, do not be led astray and bow down to them and serve them, things that the Lord your God has allotted to all the peoples everywhere under heaven.

There you will serve other gods made by human hands, objects of wood and stone that neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:

Take care that you do not offer your burnt offerings at any place you happen to see.