"Now if You slaythispeopleas oneman,then the nationswhohave heardof Your famewill say,
"Whyshould the Egyptiansspeak,saying,'With evil[intent] He broughtthem out to killthem in the mountainsand to destroythem from the faceof the earth?Turnfrom Your burningangerand changeYour mindabout[doing] harmto Your people.
Becausethe LORDcouldnot bringthispeopleinto the landwhichHe promisedthem by oath,therefore He slaughteredthem in the wilderness.'
But the LORDsaidto him, "SurelyI will be with you, and you shall defeatMidianas oneman."
