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"Aaron will be gathered to his people; for he shall not enter the land which I have given to the sons of Israel, because you rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah.

Then the LORD said to Moses, "Make a fiery serpent, and put it on a flag pole; and it shall come about, that everyone who is bitten, and looks at it, will live."

But the LORD said to Moses, "Do not fear him, for I have handed him over to you, and all his people and his land; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon, king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon."

But God said to Balaam, "Do not go with them; you shall not curse the people, for they are blessed."

And God came to Balaam at night and said to him, "If the men have come to call you, rise and go with them; but you shall do only the thing that I tell you."

But the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, "Go with the men, but you shall speak only the word that I tell you." So Balaam went along with the representatives of Balak.

So Balaam said to Balak, "Behold, I have come to you now! Am I really able to speak anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that only shall I speak."

Then the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth and said, "Return to Balak, and this is what you shall speak."

Then the LORD met Balaam and put a word in his mouth, and said, "Return to Balak, and this is what you shall speak."

"For there is no magic curse against Jacob, Nor is there any divination against Israel; At the proper time it shall be said to Jacob And to Israel, what God has done!

"Water will flow from his buckets, And his seed will be by many waters, And his king shall be higher than Agag, And his kingdom shall be exalted.

I see him, but not now; I look at him, but not near; A star shall appear from Jacob, A scepter shall rise from Israel, And shall smash the forehead of Moab, And overcome all the sons of Sheth.

"And Edom shall be a possession, Seir, its enemies, also will be a possession, While Israel performs valiantly.

"One from Jacob shall rule, And will eliminate the survivors from the city."

And he looked at Amalek and took up his discourse and said, "Amalek was the first of the nations, But his end shall be destruction."

"But ships shall come from the coast of Kittim, And they shall oppress Asshur and oppress Eber; So they also will come to destruction."

and it shall be for him and for his descendants after him, a covenant of a permanent priesthood, because he was jealous for his God and made atonement for the sons of Israel.'"

"Among these the land shall be divided as an inheritance according to the number of names.

"To a larger group you shall increase their inheritance, and to a smaller group you shall decrease their inheritance; each shall be given their inheritance corresponding to the total of those who were numbered of them.

"But the land shall be divided by lot. They shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.