He granted their request, then struck them with a disease. ¹ 

So he made a solemn vow ¹  that he would make them die ²  in the desert,

They worshiped ¹  their idols, which became a snare to them. ² 

Yet he took notice of their distress, when he heard their cry for help.

He remembered his covenant with them, and relented ¹  because of his great loyal love.

They witnessed the acts of the Lord, his amazing feats on the deep water.

I am committed to peace, ¹  but when I speak, they want to make war. ² 

but these men lie in wait for their own blood, ¹  they ambush their own lives! ² 

The people to whom they are prophesying will die through war and famine. Their bodies will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem ¹  and there will be no one to bury them. This will happen to the men and their wives, their sons, and their daughters. ²  For I will pour out on them the destruction they deserve.” ³ 

“You ¹  Ethiopians ²  will also die by my sword!” ³ 

“As for your ancestors, where are they? And did the prophets live forever?

When they were emptying their sacks, there was each man’s bag of money in his sack! When they and their father saw the bags of money, they were afraid.

and wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons ¹  and put headbands on them, and so the ministry of priesthood will belong to them by a perpetual ordinance. Thus you are to consecrate ²  Aaron and his sons.

So they must no longer offer ¹  their sacrifices to the goat demons, ²  acting like prostitutes by going after them. ³  This is to be a perpetual statute for them throughout their generations. ⁴ 

Then the leaders of Israel, the heads of their clans, ¹  made an offering. They were the leaders of the tribes; they were the ones who had been supervising ²  the numbering.

“How long must I bear ¹  with this evil congregation ²  that murmurs against me? I have heard the complaints of the Israelites that they murmured against me.

then both parties to the controversy must stand before the Lord, that is, before the priests and judges ¹  who will be in office in those days.

He said, “I will reject them, ¹  I will see what will happen to them; for they are a perverse generation, children ²  who show no loyalty.

Three days after they made the treaty with them, the Israelites found out they were from the local area and lived nearby. ¹ 

The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid of them, for I am handing them over to you. ¹  Not one of them can resist you.” ²