Numbers 24-27
The Message
24By now Balaam realized that GOD wanted to bless Israel. So he didn't work in any sorcery as he had done earlier. He turned and looked out over the wilderness.
3and he spoke his oracle-message： Decree of Balaam son of Beor, yes, decree of a man with 20/20 vision;
4Decree of a man who hears God speak, who sees what The Strong God shows him, Who falls on his face in worship, who sees what's really going on.
6Like valleys stretching out in the distance, like gardens planted by rivers, Like sweet herbs planted by the gardener GOD, like red cedars by pools and springs,
7Their buckets will brim with water, their seed will spread life everywhere. Their king will tower over Agag and his ilk, their kingdom surpassingly majestic.
8God brought them out of Egypt, rampaging like a wild ox, Gulping enemies like morsels of meat, crushing their bones, snapping their arrows.
9Israel crouches like a lion and naps, king-of-the-beasts—who dares disturb him? Whoever blesses you is blessed, whoever curses you is cursed.
10Balak lost his temper with Balaam. He shook his fist. He said to Balaam： "I got you in here to curse my enemies and what have you done? Blessed them! Blessed them three times!
11Get out of here! Go home! I told you I would pay you well, but you're getting nothing. You can blame GOD."
13'Even if Balak gave me his palace stuffed with silver and gold, I couldn't do anything on my own, whether good or bad, that went against GOD's command'?
14I'm leaving for home and my people, but I warn you of what this people will do to your people in the days to come."
15Then he spoke his oracle-message： Decree of Balaam son of Beor, decree of the man with 20/20 vision,
16Decree of the man who hears godly speech, who knows what's going on with the High God, Who sees what The Strong God reveals, who bows in worship and sees what's real.
17I see him, but not right now, I perceive him, but not right here; A star rises from Jacob a scepter from Israel, Crushing the heads of Moab, the skulls of all the noisy windbags;
18I see Edom sold off at auction, enemy Seir marked down at the flea market, while Israel walks off with the trophies.
20Then Balaam spotted Amalek and delivered an oracle-message. He said, Amalek, you're in first place among nations right now, but you're going to come in last, ruined.
21He saw the Kenites and delivered his oracle-message to them： Your home is in a nice secure place, like a nest high on the face of a cliff.
24Sea-Peoples, raiders from across the sea, will harass Asshur and Eber, But they'll also come to nothing, just like all the rest.
25While Israel was camped at Shittim (Acacia Grove), the men began to have sex with the Moabite women.
2It started when the women invited the men to their sex-and-religion worship. They ate together and then worshiped their gods.
3Israel ended up joining in the worship of the Baal of Peor. GOD was furious, his anger blazing out against Israel.
4GOD said to Moses, "Take all the leaders of Israel and kill them by hanging, leaving them publicly exposed in order to turn GOD's anger away from Israel."
5Moses issued orders to the judges of Israel： "Each of you must execute the men under your jurisdiction who joined in the worship of Baal Peor."
6Just then, while everyone was weeping in penitence at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, an Israelite man, flaunting his behavior in front of Moses and the whole assembly, paraded a Midianite woman into his family tent.
8and followed them into the tent. With one thrust he drove the spear through the two of them, the man of Israel and the woman, right through their private parts. That stopped the plague from continuing among the People of Israel.
11"Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has stopped my anger against the People of Israel. Because he was as zealous for my honor as I myself am, I didn't kill all the People of Israel in my zeal.
13He and his descendants are joined in a covenant of eternal priesthood, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the People of Israel."
14The name of the man of Israel who was killed with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the head of the Simeonite family.
15And the name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.
18They turned out to be your enemies when they seduced you in the business of Peor and that woman Cozbi, daughter of a Midianite leader, the woman who was killed at the time of the plague in the matter of Peor."
26After the plague GOD said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron the priest,
2"Number the entire community of Israel by families—count every person who is twenty years and older who is able to serve in the army of Israel."
3Obeying GOD's command, Moses and Eleazar the priest addressed them on the Plains of Moab at Jordan-Jericho：
5Reuben, Israel's firstborn. The sons of Reuben were： Hanoch and the Hanochite clan, Pallu and the Palluite clan,
9The sons of Eliab： Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. (These were the same Dathan and Abiram, community leaders from Korah's gang, who rebelled against Moses and Aaron in the Korah Rebellion against GOD.
10The Earth opened its jaws and swallowed them along with Korah's gang who died when the fire ate them up, all 250 of them. After all these years, they're still a warning sign.
12The sons of Simeon by clans： Nemuel and the Nemuelite clan, Jamin and the Jaminite clan, Jakin and the Jakinite clan,
15The sons of Gad by clans： Zephon and the Zephonite clan, Haggi and the Haggite clan, Shuni and the Shunite clan,
20The sons of Judah by clans： Shelah and the Shelanite clan, Perez and the Perezite clan, Zerah and the Zerahite clan.
26The sons of Zebulun by clans： Sered and the Seredite clan, Elon and the Elonite clan, Jahleel and the Jahleelite clan.
33Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons, only daughters. Their names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
35The sons of Ephraim by clans： Shuthelah and the Shuthelahite clan, Beker and the Bekerite clan, Tahan and the Tahanite clan.
37These were the clans of Ephraim. They numbered 32,500. These are all the sons of Joseph by their clans.
38The sons of Benjamin by clans： Bela and the Belaite clan, Ashbel and the Ashbelite clan, Ahiram and the Ahiramite clan,
44The sons of Asher by clan： Imnah and the Imnite clan, Ishvi and the Ishvite clan, Beriah and the Beriite clan.
54A larger group gets a larger inheritance; a smaller group gets a smaller inheritance—each gets its inheritance based on the population count.
56"Each group's inheritance is based on population, the number of names listed in its ancestral tribe, divided among the many and the few by lot."
57These are the numberings of the Levites by clan： Gershon and the Gershonite clan, Kohath and the Kohathite clan, Merari and the Merarite clan.
58The Levite clans also included： the Libnite clan, the Hebronite clan, the Mahlite clan, the Mushite clan, the Korahite clan. Kohath was the father of Amram.
59Amram's wife was Jochebed, a descendant of Levi, born into the Levite family during the Egyptian years. Jochebed bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam to Amram.
62The numbering of Levite males one month and older came to 23,000. They hadn't been counted in with the rest of the People of Israel because they didn't inherit any land.
63These are the ones numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, the People of Israel counted in the Plains of Moab at Jordan-Jericho.
64Not one of them had been among those counted by Moses and Aaron the priest in the census of the People of Israel taken in the Wilderness of Sinai.
65For GOD had said of them, "They'll die, die in the wilderness—not one of them will be left except for Caleb son of Jephunneh, and Joshua son of Nun."
27The daughters of Zelophehad showed up. Their father was the son of Hepher son of Gilead son of Makir son of Manasseh, belonging to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. The daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
2They came to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. They stood before Moses and Eleazar the priest and before the leaders and the congregation and said,
3"Our father died in the wilderness. He wasn't part of Korah's rebel anti-GOD gang. He died for his own sins. And he left no sons.
4But why should our father's name die out from his clan just because he had no sons? So give us an inheritance among our father's relatives."
7"Zelophehad's daughters are right. Give them land as an inheritance among their father's relatives. Give them their father's inheritance.
8"Then tell the People of Israel, If a man dies and leaves no son, give his inheritance to his daughter.
11If his father had no brothers, give it to the nearest relative so that the inheritance stays in the family. This is the standard procedure for the People of Israel, as commanded by GOD through Moses."
12GOD said to Moses, "Climb up into the Abarim Mountains and look over at the land that I am giving to the People of Israel.
13When you've had a good look you'll be joined to your ancestors in the grave—yes, you also along with Aaron your brother.
14This goes back to the day when the congregation quarreled in the Wilderness of Zin and you didn't honor me in holy reverence before them in the matter of the waters, the Waters of Meribah (Quarreling) at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin."
17to lead them, to show the way ahead and bring them back home so GOD's community will not be like sheep without a shepherd."
19Stand him before Eleazar the priest in front of the entire congregation and commission him with everyone watching.
20Pass your magisterial authority over to him so that the whole congregation of the People of Israel will listen obediently to him.
21He is to consult with Eleazar the priest who, using the oracle-Urim, will prayerfully advise him in the presence of GOD. He will command the People of Israel, the entire community, in all their comings and goings."
22Moses followed GOD's orders. He took Joshua and stood him before Eleazar the priest in front of the entire community.
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