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34 The Israelites did just as the Lord had commanded Moses: they camped by regiments, and they set out the same way, everyone by clans, according to ancestral houses.

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34 So the Israelites did everything the Lord commanded Moses; that is the way they encamped under their standards, and that is the way they set out, each of them with their clan and family.

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Then I shall not be put to shame,
    having my eyes fixed on all your commandments.(A)

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Then I would not be put to shame(A)
    when I consider all your commands.(B)

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Both of them were righteous before God, living blamelessly according to all the commandments and regulations of the Lord.(A)

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Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly.(A)

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How fair are your tents, O Jacob,
    your encampments, O Israel!
Like palm groves that stretch far away,
    like gardens beside a river,
like aloes that the Lord has planted,
    like cedar trees beside the waters.(A)

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“How beautiful are your tents,(A) Jacob,
    your dwelling places, Israel!

“Like valleys they spread out,
    like gardens beside a river,(B)
like aloes(C) planted by the Lord,
    like cedars beside the waters.(D)

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Balaam looked up and saw Israel camping tribe by tribe. Then the spirit of God came upon him,(A)

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When Balaam looked out and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came on him(A)

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21 He has not beheld misfortune in Jacob,
    nor has he seen trouble in Israel.
The Lord their God is with them,
    acclaimed as a king among them.(A)

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21 “No misfortune is seen in Jacob,(A)
    no misery observed[a] in Israel.(B)
The Lord their God is with them;(C)
    the shout of the King(D) is among them.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 23:21 Or He has not looked on Jacob’s offenses / or on the wrongs found

For from the top of the crags I see him;
    from the hills I behold him.
Here is a people living alone
    and not reckoning itself among the nations!(A)
10 Who can count the dust of Jacob
    or number the dust cloud[a] of Israel?
Let me die the death of the upright,
    and let my end be like his!”(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 23.10 Or fourth part

From the rocky peaks I see them,
    from the heights I view them.(A)
I see a people who live apart
    and do not consider themselves one of the nations.(B)
10 Who can count the dust of Jacob(C)
    or number even a fourth of Israel?
Let me die the death of the righteous,(D)
    and may my final end be like theirs!(E)

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28 This was the order of march of the Israelites, company by company, when they set out.

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28 This was the order of march for the Israelite divisions as they set out.

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“The Israelites shall camp each in their respective regiments, under ensigns by their ancestral houses; they shall camp facing the tent of meeting on every side.(A)

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“The Israelites are to camp around the tent of meeting some distance from it, each of them under their standard(A) and holding the banners of their family.”

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54 The Israelites did so; they did just as the Lord commanded Moses.

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54 The Israelites did all this just as the Lord commanded Moses.

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42 The Israelites had done all of the work as the Lord had commanded Moses.

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42 The Israelites had done all the work just as the Lord had commanded Moses.(A)

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