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Balaam said to the angel of the Lord, “I have sinned, for I did not know that you were standing in the path to confront me. And now, if it is evil in your sight, I will go back.”

Balak sacrificed cattle, sheep, and goats and sent for Balaam and the officials who were with him.

Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build me seven altars here and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.”

Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place where you can see them. You will only see the outskirts of their camp; you won’t see all of them. From there, put a curse on them for me.”

He considers no disaster for Jacob;he sees no trouble for Israel.The Lord their God is with them,and there is rejoicing over the King among them.

God brought them out of Egypt;he is like the horns of a wild ox for them.

Again Balak said to Balaam, “Please come. I will take you to another place. Maybe it will be agreeable to God that you can put a curse on them for me there.”

Balaam told Balak, “Build me seven altars here and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.”

God brought him out of Egypt;he is like the horns of a wild ox for them.He will feed on enemy nationsand gnaw their bones;he will strike them with his arrows.

The women invited them to the sacrifices for their gods, and the people ate and bowed in worship to their gods.

It will be a covenant of perpetual priesthood for him and his future descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”

For they attacked you with the treachery that they used against you in the Peor incident. They did the same in the case involving their sister Cozbi, daughter of the Midianite leader who was killed the day the plague came at Peor.”

Increase the inheritance for a large tribe and decrease it for a small one. Each is to be given its inheritance according to those who were registered in it.

For the Lord had said to them that they would all die in the wilderness. None of them was left except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

If his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the nearest relative of his clan, and he will take possession of it. This is to be a statutory ordinance for the Israelites as the Lord commanded Moses.”

He will stand before the priest Eleazar who will consult the Lord for him with the decision of the Urim. He and all the Israelites with him, even the entire community, will go out and come back in at his command.”

along with two quarts of fine flour for a grain offering mixed with a quart of olive oil from crushed olives.

It is a regular burnt offering established at Mount Sinai for a pleasing aroma, a fire offering to the Lord.

It is the burnt offering for every Sabbath, in addition to the regular burnt offering and its drink offering.

with six quarts of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering for each bull, four quarts of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering for the ram,