Then the LORDspoketo Moses,saying,
"WhenYour peoplegoout to battleagainsttheir enemy,by whateverwayYou shall sendthem, and they prayto the LORDtowardthe citywhichYou have chosenand the housewhichI have builtfor Your name,
Moabsaidto the eldersof Midian,"Nowthis hordewill lickup allthat is aroundus, as the oxlicksup the grassof the field."And Balakthe sonof Zipporwas kingof Moabat that time.
"Be hostileto the Midianitesand strikethem;
Theseare the statuteswhichthe LORDcommandedMoses,[as] betweena manand his wife,[and as] betweena fatherand his daughter,[while she is] in her youthin her father'shouse.
"Takefullvengeancefor the sonsof Israelon the Midianites;afterwardyou will be gatheredto your people."
Then the sonsof Israeldidwhatwas evilin the sightof the LORD;and the LORDgavethem into the handsof Midiansevenyears.
