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Micah 6:5

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My people, remember the evil plans of Balak king of Moab and what Balaam son of Beor told Balak. Remember what happened from Acacia to Gilgal so that you will know the Lord does what is right!”

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His miracles are unforgettable. The Lord is kind and merciful.

Lord, let me live so people will praise you. In your goodness save me from my troubles.

Continue to love those who know you and to do good to those who are good.

God, your justice reaches to the skies. You have done great things; God, there is no one like you.

By doing what is fair, Jerusalem will be free again. By doing what is right, her people who come back to the Lord will have freedom.

The next morning Balak took Balaam to Bamoth Baal; from there he could see the edge of the Israelite camp.

Then Balak said to Balaam, “Come, I will take you to another place. Maybe God will be pleased to let you curse them from there.”

While the people of Israel were still camped at Acacia, the men began sinning sexually with Moabite women.

The women invited them to their sacrifices to their gods, and the Israelites ate food there and worshiped these gods.

They were the ones who followed Balaam’s advice and turned the Israelites from the Lord at Peor. Then a terrible sickness struck the Lord’s people.

Among those they killed were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, who were the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with a sword.

They camped along the Jordan on the plains of Moab, and their camp went from Beth Jeshimoth to Abel Acacia.

You were not born Jewish. You are the people the Jews call “uncircumcised.” Those who call you “uncircumcised” call themselves “circumcised.” (Their circumcision is only something they themselves do on their bodies.)

Do not eat it with bread made with yeast. But for seven days eat bread made without yeast, the bread of suffering, because you left Egypt in a hurry. So all your life you will remember the time you left Egypt.

Don’t wish for their peace or success as long as you live.

but remember the Lord your God! It is he who gives you the power to become rich, keeping the agreement he promised to your ancestors, as it is today.

Remember how the Lord your God has led you in the desert for these forty years, taking away your pride and testing you, because he wanted to know what was in your heart. He wanted to know if you would obey his commands.

Remember this and do not forget it: You made the Lord your God angry in the desert. You would not obey the Lord from the day you left Egypt until you arrived here.

Joshua son of Nun secretly sent out two spies from Acacia and said to them, “Go and look at the land, particularly at the city of Jericho.” So the men went to Jericho and stayed at the house of a prostitute named Rahab.

Early the next morning Joshua and all the Israelites left Acacia. They traveled to the Jordan River and camped there before crossing it.

The people crossed the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month and camped at Gilgal, east of Jericho.

These false teachers left the right road and lost their way, following the way Balaam went. Balaam was the son of Beor, who loved being paid for doing wrong.

But if we confess our sins, he will forgive our sins, because we can trust God to do what is right. He will cleanse us from all the wrongs we have done.

It will be terrible for them. They have followed the way of Cain, and for money they have given themselves to doing the wrong that Balaam did. They have fought against God as Korah did, and like Korah, they surely will be destroyed.

“But I have a few things against you: You have some there who follow the teaching of Balaam. He taught Balak how to cause the people of Israel to sin by eating food offered to idols and by taking part in sexual sins.

“Are you any better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever quarrel or fight with the people of Israel?

Listen to the sound of the singers at the watering holes. There they tell about the victories of the Lord, the victories of the Lord’s warriors in Israel. Then the Lord’s people went down to the city gates.

Now, stand there, and I will remind you of all the good things the Lord did for you and your ancestors.




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