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Micah 6:5

BalaamBalakBeorMoabGilgalMoabShittim

3 ‘My people, what have I done to you? Testify against Me how I have wearied you!

4 For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery. I sent Moses before you, as well as Aaron and Miriam.

My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”

6 With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?

7 Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

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BSB
My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”
KJV
O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.
WEB
My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of the LORD.”
ASV
O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him; [remember] from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the righteous acts of Jehovah.
DARBY
My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the righteousness of Jehovah.
BLB
My people, remember, please, what Balak king of Moab counseled, and what Balaam son of Beor answered him—from Shittim unto Gilgal, so that you may know the righteous acts of YHWH!’”
ÅB
Mitt folk, husk hva Balak, Moabs konge, planla,
og hva Bileam, Beors sønn, svarte ham,
det som hendte fra Sittim til Gilgal,[^1]
så du kan kjenne Herrens rettferdige gjerninger.
OTB
Mitt folk, husk
Hva Balak, kongen av Moab, planla,
Og hvordan Bileam, Beors sønn, svarte ham,
Og alt som skjedde fra Sjittim til Gilgal,
Slik at du kan kjenne Herrens rettferdige gjerninger.”
B1930
Mitt folk! Kom i hu det råd som Balak, Moabs konge, hadde lagt, og det svar som Bileam, Beors sønn, gav ham, det som hendte på veien fra Sittim til Gilgal, så du kan forstå Herrens rettferdige gjerninger!

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Cross references

  • Joshua 5:9–10

    Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So that place has been called Gilgal to this day.

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  • Numbers 25:1

    While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,

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  • Judges 5:11

    the voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates:

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  • 2 Peter 2:15

    They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.

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  • Deuteronomy 16:3

    You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt.

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  • Joshua 4:19

    On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.

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  • Joshua 24:9–10

    Then Balak son of Zippor, the king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you,

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  • Psalms 143:11

    For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.

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