Remember how the LORD your God led you on this long journey through the desert these past forty years, sending hardships to test you, so that he might know what you intended to do and whether you would obey his commands.

Remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to become rich. He does this because he is still faithful today to the covenant that he made with your ancestors.

"Never forget how you made the LORD your God angry in the desert. From the day that you left Egypt until the day you arrived here, you have rebelled against him.

When you eat this meal, do not eat bread prepared with yeast. For seven days you are to eat bread prepared without yeast, as you did when you had to leave Egypt in such a hurry. Eat this bread---it will be called the bread of suffering---so that as long as you live you will remember the day you came out of Egypt, that place of suffering.

Praise the LORD, my soul! All my being, praise his holy name!

Praise the LORD, my soul, and do not forget how kind he is.

The LORD does not let us forget his wonderful actions; he is kind and merciful.

You Gentiles by birth---called "the uncircumcised" by the Jews, who call themselves the circumcised (which refers to what men do to their bodies)---remember what you were in the past.

The Israelites moved on and set up camp in the plains of Moab east of the Jordan and opposite Jericho.

he and all his people became terrified.

sent messengers to summon Balaam son of Beor, who was at Pethor near the Euphrates River in the land of Amaw. They brought him this message from Balak: "I want you to know that a whole nation has come from Egypt; its people are spreading out everywhere and threatening to take over our land.

So the Moabite and Midianite leaders took with them the payment for the curse, went to Balaam, and gave him Balak's message.

God came to Balaam and asked, "Who are these people that are staying with you?"

that a people who came from Egypt has spread out over the whole land. He wants me to curse them for him, so that he can fight them and drive them out."

The next morning Balaam went to Balak's messengers and said, "Go back home; the LORD has refused to let me go with you."

Then Balak sent a larger number of leaders, who were more important than the first.

I will reward you richly and do anything you say. Please come and curse these people for me."

But please spend the night, as the others did, so that I may learn whether or not the LORD has something else to tell me."

So the next morning Balaam saddled his donkey and went with the Moabite leaders.

When the donkey saw the angel standing there holding a sword, it left the road and turned into the fields. Balaam beat the donkey and brought it back onto the road.

When the donkey saw the angel, it moved over against the wall and crushed Balaam's foot against it. Again Balaam beat the donkey.

Remember that it was the women who followed Balaam's instructions and at Peor led the people to be unfaithful to the LORD. That was what brought the epidemic on the LORD's people.

They refused to provide you with food and water when you were on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor, from the city of Pethor in Mesopotamia, to curse you.

But the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam; instead he turned the curse into a blessing, because he loved you.

Then the king of Moab, Balak son of Zippor, fought against you. He sent word to Balaam son of Beor and asked him to put a curse on you.

But I would not listen to Balaam, so he blessed you, and in this way I rescued you from Balak.

But there are a few things I have against you: there are some among you who follow the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak how to lead the people of Israel into sin by persuading them to eat food that had been offered to idols and to practice sexual immorality.

including the five kings of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba. They also killed Balaam son of Beor.

They have left the straight path and have lost their way; they have followed the path taken by Balaam son of Beor, who loved the money he would get for doing wrong

How terrible for them! They have followed the way that Cain took. For the sake of money they have given themselves over to the error that Balaam committed. They have rebelled as Korah rebelled, and like him they are destroyed.

The next morning Balak took Balaam up to Bamoth Baal, from where Balaam could see a part of the people of Israel.

Then Balak said to Balaam, "Come with me to another place from which you can see only some of the Israelites. Curse them for me from there."

He took him to the field of Zophim on the top of Mount Pisgah. There also he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each of them.

Balak said, "Come with me, and I will take you to another place. Perhaps God will be willing to let you curse them for me from there."

When the Israelites were camped at Acacia Valley, the men began to have sexual intercourse with the Moabite women who were there.

(SEE 33:41)

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

The LORD said to Joshua, "Today I have removed from you the disgrace of being slaves in Egypt." That is why the place was named Gilgal, the name it still has.

While the Israelites were camping at Gilgal on the plain near Jericho, they observed Passover on the evening of the fourteenth day of the month.

Joshua conquered all these kings and their territory in one campaign because the LORD, Israel's God, was fighting for Israel.

After this, Joshua and his army went back to the camp at Gilgal.

Listen! The noisy crowds around the wells are telling of the LORD's victories, the victories of Israel's people! Then the LORD's people marched down from their cities.

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

I will tell of your goodness; all day long I will speak of your salvation, though it is more than I can understand.

I will go in the strength of the LORD God; I will proclaim your goodness, yours alone.

Your righteousness, God, reaches the skies. You have done great things; there is no one like you.

Rescue me, LORD, as you have promised; in your goodness save me from my troubles!

God offered him, so that by his blood he should become the means by which people's sins are forgiven through their faith in him. God did this in order to demonstrate that he is righteous. In the past he was patient and overlooked people's sins; but in the present time he deals with their sins, in order to demonstrate his righteousness. In this way God shows that he himself is righteous and that he puts right everyone who believes in Jesus.

(SEE 3:25)

But if we confess our sins to God, he will keep his promise and do what is right: he will forgive us our sins and purify us from all our wrongdoing.