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The Lord said to Moses, "Is there an end to the Lord's power? Now you will see if My Word will come true for you or not."

See what the land is like. See if the people who live in it are strong or weak, and if they are few or many.

Find out if the land they live in is good or bad. See if the cities they live in are open or if they have walls.

will not see the land I promised to their fathers. None of those who have turned away from Me will see it.

Let the fire pots of these men who have sinned and lost their lives be made into beaten plates to cover the altar. For they did bring them to the Lord and they are holy. They will be something special for the people of Israel to see."

But the Lord said to Moses, "Put the walking stick of Aaron in front of the Law again. It will be something special to see against those who go against My Word. Then you may put an end to their complaining against Me, so they will not die."

Then the people of Israel said to Moses, "See, we are being destroyed! We are dying! We are all dying!

See, I Myself have taken your brothers the Levites from among the people of Israel. They are a gift to you, given to the Lord, to do the work for the meeting tent.

Then the Lord said to Aaron, "Now see, I am giving you all the gifts brought to Me that are not burned on the altar. I am giving them to you as a share, and to your sons as a share forever.

"See, I have given a tenth part of everything in Israel to the Levites, in return for the work they do, the work of the meeting tent.

So he sent men to Balaam the son of Beor, at Pethor, which is near the River in the land of the children of his people. They said to him, "See, a people came out of Egypt. See, they cover the land, and they are living beside me.

‘See, the people who came out of Egypt cover the land. Now come, curse them for me. Then I may be able to fight against them and send them away.'"

The angel of the Lord said to him, "Why have you hit your donkey these three times? See, I have come out against you, because your way was against me.

Balaam said to Balak, "See, I have come to you! Am I able to speak anything at all? The Word that God puts in my mouth is what I must speak."

I see Israel from the top of the rocks. I look at them from the hills. See, the people live apart. They will not be thought of as one of the nations.

Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I took you to curse those who hate me. But see, you have asked that good would come to them!"

Balak said to him, "I beg you, come with me to another place from where you will see them. But you will only see a part of them and not all of them. Curse them for me from there."

See, I have been told to speak good of Israel. When He has spoken good of them, I cannot change it.

See, people rise like a female lion. It lifts itself like a lion. It will not lie down until it eats the food it has killed, and drinks the blood of the kill."

Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to speak good of Israel. So he did not go, as at other times, and look for special things to see. Instead he looked toward the desert.