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Micah 6:5

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

My people, remember what King Balak of Moab   proposed, what Balaam son of Beor answered him, and what happened from the Acacia Grove  , to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the Lord’s righteous acts.

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While Israel was staying in the Acacia Grove,  , the people began to prostitute themselves with the women of Moab.


Let them tell the righteous acts  of the  Lord, the righteous deeds of his villagers in Israel, with the voices of the singers at the watering places. Then the Lord’s people went down to the city gates.


The people came up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month,  and camped at Gilgal on the eastern limits of Jericho.


But I have a few things against you. You have some there who hold to the teaching of Balaam,   who taught Balak to place a stumbling block   in front of the Israelites: to eat meat sacrificed to idols   and to commit sexual immorality.


Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain,  have plunged into Balaam’s error  for profit, and have perished in Korah’s rebellion.


If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive  us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.


They have gone astray by abandoning the straight path  and have followed the path of Balaam,  the son of Bosor,  who loved the wages of wickedness


Do not eat leavened bread with it.  For seven days you are to eat unleavened bread with it, the bread of hardship #– #because you left the land of Egypt in a hurry   #– #so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt.


‘Remember  and do not forget how you provoked the Lord your God in the wilderness. You have been rebelling against the Lord from the day you left the land of Egypt until you reached this place.


but remember that the Lord your God gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm his covenant he swore to your ancestors,  as it is today.


So, then, remember that at one time you were Gentiles in the flesh #– #called ‘the uncircumcised’ by those called ‘the circumcised’,  which is done in the flesh by human hands.


Remember that the Lord your God led you on the entire journey these forty years in the wilderness, so that he might humble you and test you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.


‘Yet they are the ones who, at Balaam’s advice, incited the Israelites to unfaithfulness against the Lord in the Peor incident, so that the plague came against the Lord’s community.


Along with the others slain by them, they killed the Midianite kings #– #Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian.  They also killed Balaam son of Beor  with the sword.


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.’


In the morning, Balak took Balaam and brought him to Bamoth-baal.  From there he saw the outskirts of the people’s camp.


Now present yourselves, so I may confront you before the Lord about all the righteous acts he has done for you and your ancestors.


They camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth  to the Acacia Meadow  , on the plains of Moab.


Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two men as spies  from the Acacia Grove,  saying, ‘Go and scout the land, especially Jericho.’ So they left, and they came to the house of a prostitute named Rahab,  and stayed there.


Joshua started early the next morning and left the Acacia Grove  with all the Israelites. They went as far as the Jordan and stayed there before crossing.


Now are you any better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend with Israel or fight against them?


Zion will be redeemed by justice, those who repent, by righteousness.


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


Never pursue their welfare or prosperity as long as you live.





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