"Then you saidto me, 'We have sinnedagainst the LORD;we will indeed goup and fight,justas the LORDour Godcommandedus.' And everymanof you girdedon his weaponsof war,and regardedit as easyto goup into the hillcountry.
"If,however, a manactspresumptuouslytowardhis neighbor,so as to killhim craftily,you are to takehim [even] from My altar,that he may die.
The foolishnessof manruinshis way,And his heartragesagainstthe LORD.
Balaamsaidto the angelof the LORD,"I have sinned,for I did not knowthat you were standingin the wayagainstme. Nowthen, ifit is displeasingto you, I will turnback."
