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Numbers 30: The Law Concerning Vows - Parent Category: Numbers: Israel Wanders in the Desert for 40 Years - Category: Numbers 15-36: Wilderness Wandering Numbers 30 The Law Concerning Vows 30Then Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which the Lord has commanded: 2If a man makes a vow to the Lord, or swears an oath to bind himself by some agreement, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth. 3“Or if a woman makes a vow to the Lord, and binds herself by some agreement while in her father’s house in her youth, 4and her father hears her vow and the agreement by which she has bound herself, and her father holds his peace, then all her vows shall stand, and every agreement with which she has bound herself shall stand. 5But if her father overrules her on the day that he hears, then none of her vows nor her agreements by which she has bound herself shall stand; and the Lord will release her, because her father overruled her. 6“If indeed she takes a husband, while bound by her vows or by a rash utterance from her lips by which she bound herself, 7and her husband hears it, and makes no response to her on the day that he hears, then her vows shall stand, and her agreements by which she bound herself shall stand. 8But if her husband overrules her on the day that he hears it, he shall make void her vow which she took and what she uttered with her lips, by which she bound herself, and the Lord will release her. 9“Also any vow of a widow or a divorced woman, by which she has bound herself, shall stand against her. 10“If she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound herself by an agreement with an oath, 11and her husband heard it, and made no response to her and did not overrule her, then all her vows shall stand, and every agreement by which she bound herself shall stand. 12But if her husband truly made them void on the day he heard them, then whatever proceeded from her lips concerning her vows or concerning the agreement binding her, it shall not stand; her husband has made them void, and the Lord will release her. 13Every vow and every binding oath to afflict her soul, her husband may confirm it, or her husband may make it void. 14Now if her husband makes no response whatever to her from day to day, then he confirms all her vows or all the agreements that bind her; he confirms them, because he made no response to her on the day that he heard them. 15But if he does make them void after he has heard them, then he shall bear her guilt.” 16These are the statutes which the Lord commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, and between a father and his daughter in her youth in her father’s house. Numbers 31: Vengeance on the Midianites - Parent Category: Numbers: Israel Wanders in the Desert for 40 Years - Category: Numbers 15-36: Wilderness Wandering Numbers 31 Vengeance on the Midianites 31And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 2“Take vengeance on the Midianites for the children of Israel. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people.” 3So Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm some of yourselves for war, and let them go against the Midianites to take vengeance for the Lord on Midian. 4A thousand from each tribe of all the tribes of Israel you shall send to the war.” 5So there were recruited from the divisions of Israel one thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. 6Then Moses sent them to the war, one thousand from each tribe; he sent them to the war with Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, with the holy articles and the signal trumpets in his hand. 7And they warred against the Midianites, just as the Lord commanded Moses, and they killed all the males. 8They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of those who were killed—Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. Balaam the son of Beor they also killed with the sword. 9And the children of Israel took the women of Midian captive, with their little ones, and took as spoil all their cattle, all their flocks, and all their goods. 10They also burned with fire all the cities where they dwelt, and all their forts. 11And they took all the spoil and all the booty—of man and beast. Return from the War 12Then they brought the captives, the booty, and the spoil to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of Israel, to the camp in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho. 13And Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation, went to meet them outside the camp. 14But Moses was angry with the officers of the army, with the captains over thousands and captains over hundreds, who had come from the battle. 15And Moses said to them: “Have you kept all the women alive? 16Look, these women caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to trespass against the Lord in the incident of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord. 17Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known a man intimately. 18But keep alive for yourselves all the young girls who have not known a man intimately. 19And as for you, remain outside the camp seven days; whoever has killed any person, and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves and your captives on the third day and on the seventh day. 20Purify every garment, everything made of leather, everything woven of goats’ hair, and everything made of wood.” 21Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had gone to the battle, “This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord commanded Moses: 22Only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead, 23everything that can endure fire, you shall put through the fire, and it shall be clean; and it shall be purified with the water of purification. But all that cannot endure fire you shall put through water. 24And you shall wash your clothes on the seventh day and be clean, and afterward you may come into the camp.” Division of the Plunder 25Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 26“Count up the plunder that was taken—of man and beast—you and Eleazar the priest and the chief fathers of the congregation; 27and divide the plunder into two parts, between those who took part in the war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation. 28And levy a tribute for the Lord on the men of war who went out to battle: one of every five hundred of the persons, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep; 29take it from their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest as a heave offering to the Lord. 30And from the children of Israel’s half you shall take one of every fifty, drawn from the persons, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep, from all the livestock, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the Lord.” 31So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses. 32The booty remaining from the plunder, which the men of war had taken, was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep, 33seventy-two thousand cattle, 34sixty-one thousand donkeys, 35and thirty-two thousand persons in all, of women who had not known a man intimately. 36And the half, the portion for those who had gone out to war, was in number three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep; 37and the Lord’s tribute of the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five. 38The cattle were thirty-six thousand, of which the Lord’s tribute was seventy-two. 39The donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred, of which the Lord’s tribute was sixty-one. 40The persons were sixteen thousand, of which the Lord’s tribute was thirty-two persons. 41So Moses gave the tribute which was the Lord’s heave offering to Eleazar the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses. 42And from the children of Israel’s half, which Moses separated from the men who fought— 43now the half belonging to the congregation was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep, 44thirty-six thousand cattle, 45thirty thousand five hundred donkeys, 46and sixteen thousand persons— 47and from the children of Israel’s half Moses took one of every fifty, drawn from man and beast, and gave them to the Levites, who kept charge of the tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses. 48Then the officers who were over thousands of the army, the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, came near to Moses; 49and they said to Moses, “Your servants have taken a count of the men of war who are under our command, and not a man of us is missing. 50Therefore we have brought an offering for the Lord, what every man found of ornaments of gold: armlets and bracelets and signet rings and earrings and necklaces, to make atonement for ourselves before the Lord.” 51So Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from them, all the fashioned ornaments. 52And all the gold of the offering that they offered to the Lord, from the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels. 53(The men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.) 54And Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of meeting as a memorial for the children of Israel before the Lord. Numbers 32: The Tribes Settling East of the Jordan - Parent Category: Numbers: Israel Wanders in the Desert for 40 Years - Category: Numbers 15-36: Wilderness Wandering Numbers 32 The Tribes Settling East of the Jordan 32Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock; and when they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, that indeed the region was a place for livestock, 2the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the leaders of the congregation, saying, 3“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Shebam, Nebo, and Beon, 4the country which the Lord defeated before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock.” 5Therefore they said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Do not take us over the Jordan.” 6And Moses said to the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben: “Shall your brethren go to war while you sit here? 7Now why will you discourage the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the Lord has given them? 8Thus your fathers did when I sent them away from Kadesh Barnea to see the land. 9For when they went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, so that they did not go into the land which the Lord had given them. 10So the Lord’s anger was aroused on that day, and He swore an oath, saying, 11‘Surely none of the men who came up from Egypt, from twenty years old and above, shall see the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, because they have not wholly followed Me, 12except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun, for they have wholly followed the Lord.’ 13So the Lord’s anger was aroused against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the Lord was gone. 14And look! You have risen in your fathers’ place, a brood of sinful men, to increase still more the fierce anger of the Lord against Israel. 15For if you turn away from following Him, He will once again leave them in the wilderness, and you will destroy all these people.” 16Then they came near to him and said: “We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones, 17but we ourselves will be armed, ready to go before the children of Israel until we have brought them to their place; and our little ones will dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land. 18We will not return to our homes until every one of the children of Israel has received his inheritance. 19For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has fallen to us on this eastern side of the Jordan.” 20Then Moses said to them: “If you do this thing, if you arm yourselves before the Lord for the war, 21and all your armed men cross over the Jordan before the Lord until He has driven out His enemies from before Him, 22and the land is subdued before the Lord, then afterward you may return and be blameless before the Lord and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the Lord. 23But if you do not do so, then take note, you have sinned against the Lord; and be sure your sin will find you out. 24Build cities for your little ones and folds for your sheep, and do what has proceeded out of your mouth.” 25And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying: “Your servants will do as my lord commands. 26Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock will be there in the cities of Gilead; 27but your servants will cross over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to battle, just as my lord says.” 28So Moses gave command concerning them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel. 29And Moses said to them: “If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben cross over the Jordan with you, every man armed for battle before the Lord, and the land is subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead as a possession. 30But if they do not cross over armed with you, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.” 31Then the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying: “As the Lord has said to your servants, so we will do. 32We will cross over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, but the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us on this side of the Jordan.” 33So Moses gave to the children of Gad, to the children of Reuben, and to half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land with its cities within the borders, the cities of the surrounding country. 34And the children of Gad built Dibon and Ataroth and Aroer, 35Atroth and Shophan and Jazer and Jogbehah, 36Beth Nimrah and Beth Haran, fortified cities, and folds for sheep. 37And the children of Reuben built Heshbon and Elealeh and Kirjathaim, 38Nebo and Baal Meon (their names being changed) and Shibmah; and they gave other names to the cities which they built. 39And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it. 40So Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh, and he dwelt in it. 41Also Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its small towns, and called them Havoth Jair. 42Then Nobah went and took Kenath and its villages, and he called it Nobah, after his own name.
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यहोशू अध्याय 22 त्यसपछि यहोशूले रूबेन, गाद अनि मनश्शे कुल समूहहरूका सबै मानिसहरूलाई सभामा बोलाए। 2 “परमप्रभुका दाश मोशाले तिमीहरूलाई दिएका ती सबै आदेश पालन गरे अनि तिनीहरूले मेरो सबै आदेशहरू पनि पालन गर्यौ। 3 तिमीहरूले अरू इस्राएली कुल समूहहरूलाई छोडिदियौ। सबै आदेशहरू सावधानीसित पालन गर्यौ जुन परमप्रभु तिनीहरूका परमेश्वरले तिमीहरूलाई दिनुभएको थियो। 4 परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वरले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूलाई शान्ति प्रदान गर्ने प्रतिज्ञा दिनुभएको थियो। र परमप्रभुले उहाँको वचन अहिले राख्नु भयो। यसर्थ अब तिमीहरू घर जान सक्छौ। परमप्रभुका दास मोशाले तिमीहरूलाई यर्दन नदीको पूर्व तफर्को भूमि दिएका छन्। अब तिमीहरू त्यस भूमिमा आफ्नो घरमा जान सक्छौ। 5 तर याद राख-त्यो नियम पालन गर्नु पर्छ जो मोशाले तिमीहरूलाई दिएका थिए। तिमीहरूले परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वरलाई प्रेम गर्नु पर्छ अनि उहाँका आज्ञाहरूको सदा-सर्वदा पालन गर्नु पर्छ। तिमीहरूले लगातार अनुसरण अनि लगातार उत्तम प्रकारले उहाँको सेवालाई जारिराख्नु पर्छ।” 6 तब यहोशूले तिनीहरूलाई बिदा दिए र तिनीहरू घर फर्के। 7 मोशाले मनश्शेका आधा कुल समूहलाई बाशान भूमि दिएका थिए। यहोशूले मनश्शेका अर्को आधा कुल समूहलाई यर्दन नदीको पश्चिम तफर्को भूमि दिए। यहोशूले तिनीहरूलाई आशीर्वाद दिए अनि तिनीहरूलाई घर पठाई दिए। 8 तिनले भने, “तिमीहरू अत्यन्त धनी भएका छौ। तिमीहरूसित अनेक पशुहरू छन्। तिमीहरूका धेरै सुन अनि चाँदी अनि बहुमूल्य मणिहरू छन्। तिमीहरूसित धेरै सुन्दर बस्त्रहरूछन्। तिमीहरूले तिम्रा शत्रुहरूबाट अनेक वस्तुहरू लग्यौ। तिमीहरू घरजाऊ अनि ती वस्तु तिमीहरू माझ विभाजन गर।” 9 यसरी रूबेन, गाद अनि मनश्शेका आधा कुल समूहहरूका मानिसहरूले इस्राएलका अन्य मानिसहरूलाई छाडेर कनानको शीलोमा गए। तिनीहरूले त्यो स्थान छोडे अनि गिलादमा फर्के। तिनीहरू आफ्नै भूमिको घरमा गए तिनीहरूलाई त्यो भूमि मोशाले दिएका थिए। परमप्रभुले त्यो भूमि तिनीहरूलाई दिनु भनी मोशालाई आज्ञा गर्नु भएको थियो। 10 रूबेन, गाद अनि मनश्शेका आधा कुलका मानिसहरू गलीलोत नामक स्थानमा गए। यो यर्दन नदीको छेऊ कनान देश भित्र थियो। त्यहाँ तिनीहरूले सुन्दर बेदी निर्माण गरे। 11 तर इस्राएलका अन्य मानिसहरू, जो अझसम्म शीलोमा नै थिए, यी तीन कुल समूहले निर्माण गरेका बेदीको विषयमा तिनीहरूले सुने त्यो बेदी गलीलोत नामक स्थानमा कनानको सीमानामा थियो। यो यर्दन नदीको नजीकैमा इस्राएल तर्फ थियो। 12 इस्राएलका सबै मानिसहरू यी तीन कुल समूह प्रति अत्यन्त क्रोधित भए। तिनीहरू एकसाथ भेला भए अनि तिनीहरूको विरूद्ध लडाईं गर्ने निश्चय गरे। 13 यसर्थ इस्राएलीहरूले केही मानिसहरूलाई रूबेन, गाद अनि मनश्शेका आधा कुलका मानिसहरूसित बातचित गर्न पठाए। यी मानिसहरूका अगुवा पूजाहारी एलाजारका छोरा पीनहास थिए। 14 तिनीहरूले कुल समूहहरूका दशजना अगुवाहरूलाई पनि त्यहाँ पठाए। त्यस शीलोहमा भएका इस्राएली कुल समूहका प्रत्येक परिवारबाट एक मानिस थिए। 15 यसर्थ यी एघारजना मानिसहरू गिलाद तिर गए। तिनीहरू रूबेन, गाद अनि आधा कुल मनश्शेका मानिसहरूसित कुरा गर्न गए। ती एघारजना मानिसहरूले तिनीहरूलाई भने, 16 “इस्राएलका समस्त मानिसहरूले तिमीहरूलाई सोध्छन्; किन तिमीहरूले इस्राएलका परमेश्वरको विरूद्ध यस्तो कुरा गर्यौ? किन तिमीहरू परमप्रभु विरूद्ध भयौ? किन तिमीहरूले तिमीहरू स्वयंका निम्ति एक बेदी निर्माण गर्यौ? तिमीहरूलाई थाहा छ यो परमेश्वरको उपदेशको विरूद्ध हो। 17 याद गर पोरमा के भएको थियो? त्यस पापको कारणले हामी अझ दुःख भोगिरहे छौं। त्यो महापापको कारणले परमेश्वरले इस्राएलका धेरै जस्तो मानिसहरूलाई साह्रै विरामी तुल्याउनु भयो। त्यो महामारीको कारणले आज पनि हामी दुःख भोगी रहेका छौं। 18 अनि अहिले तिमीहरू त्यही कुरा गरिरहेछौ। तिमीहरू परमप्रभुको विरूद्ध भइरहेछौ। के तिमीहरू परमप्रभुको अनुसरण गर्न अस्वीकार गर्छौ? यदि तिमीहरूले जे गरिरहेछौ त्यो रोकेनौं भने परमप्रभु इस्राएलका परमेश्वर हामी हरेक मानिस प्रति क्रोधित हुनुहुनेछ। 19 यदि तिमीहरू भूमिको पूजा अर्चनाको निम्ति त्यति उत्तम नभए हाम्रो भूमितिर आऊ। परमप्रभुको पाल हाम्रो भूमिमा छ। तिमीहरूले हाम्रो केही भूमि लिन सक्नेछौ, अनि त्यहाँ बस्न सक्ने छौ। तर परमप्रभुको विरूद्ध नगर। अर्को वेदी निर्माण नगर। हाम्रो भेट-हुने पालमा परमप्रभु हाम्रा परमेश्वरको वेदी छँदैछ। 20 “जेरहका छोरा आकान नाउँको मानिसलाई सम्झ। उसले ती वस्तुहरूलाई ध्वंश गर्नुपर्छ भन्ने आज्ञालाई पालन गर्न अस्वीकार गरे। त्यो एक मानिसले परमेश्वरको नियम भङ्ग गरे, तर इस्राएलका समस्त मानिसहरूले दण्ड पाए। उसको पापको कारण आकानको मृत्यु भयो साथै अन्य धेरै मानिसहरूको पनि मृत्यु भयो।” 21 रूबेन, गाद अनि आधा मनश्शेका कुल समूहहरूका मानिसहरूले ती एघार मानिसहरूलाई उत्तर दिए र तिनीहरूले भने, 22 “परमप्रभु हाम्रा परमेश्वर हुनुहुन्छ, फेरि पनि हामी भन्छौ, कि परमप्रभु हाम्रा परमेश्वर हुनुहुन्छ। अनि हामीले किन यो काम गर्यौ त्यो परमेश्वरले जान्नु हुन्छ। हामी चाहन्छौं कि तिमीहरूले पनि यो जान्नुपर्छ। तिमीहरूले न्याय गर्न सक्छौ, हामीले के गर्यौं। यदि हामीले केही गल्ती गर्यौं भनी तिमीहरू विश्वास गर्छौ भने, तिमीहरूले हामीलाई मार्न सक्छौ। 23 यदि हामीले परमेश्वरको नियम भङ्ग गर्यौं भने परमप्रभुलाई नै हामीलाई दण्ड दिउन् भनी याचना गर्नुहोस्। के हामीले होमबलि, अन्नबलि अनि मेलबलिहरू अर्पण गर्नका निम्ति यो बेदी निर्माण गरेका हौं भनी तिमीहरू ठान्छौ? 24 अहँ! हामीले त्यो कारण यसलाई निर्माण गरेका होइनौं। हामीले यो वेदी किन निर्माण गर्यौं? हामीलाई डर थियो कि भविष्यमा तिमीहरूका मानिसहरूले हामीलाई तिमीहरूको राष्ट्रको एक भाग हो भन्न अस्वीकार गर्नेछन् तब तिमीहरूका मानिसहरूले भन्न सक्छन् कि हामीहरू इस्राएलका परमप्रभु परमेश्वरको आराधान गर्न सक्तैनौ। 25 तिमीहरूका मानिसहरूले भन्न सक्छन् परमेश्वरले तिमीहरू र हामी बीचको सीमानाको निम्ति यर्दन बनाउनु भयो, ‘अनि ती रूबेन र गादका मानिसहरूको इस्राएलमा केही भाग छैन।’ यसकारण तिमीहरूका छोरा-छोरीहरूले हाम्रा छोरा-छोरीहरूलाई परमप्रभुको आराधना गर्न रोक्न सक्नेछन्। 26 “यसर्थ हामीले यो वेदी निर्माण गर्ने निश्चय गर्यौं। तर हामीले यसलाई भेटीहरू अनि बलि चढाउनको निम्ति उपयोग गर्ने योजना गरेका थिएनौं। 27 हामीलाई वेदी चाहिएको वास्तविक कारण यो हो कि हामी हाम्रा मानिसहरूलाई तिमीहरूले सेवा गर्ने परमेश्वरलाई नै हामीले पनि आराधना गर्छौं भनी देखाउनलाई हो। यो वेदी, तिमीहरू अनि हामीहरूका निम्ति अनि हाम्रा भविष्यका समस्त सन्तानहरूका निम्ति हामीले परमप्रभुको आराधना गर्छौं, भन्ने कुराको प्रमाण हुनेछ। हामी हाम्रा होमबलिहरू, अन्नबलिहरू अनि मेलबलिहरू परमप्रभुलाई प्रदान गर्नेछौं। तिमीहरूका सन्तानहरूलाई हुर्काउन हामी पनि स्वयं तिमीहरू जस्तै इस्राएलका मानिसहरू हौं भनी जानुन् भन्ने हामीले चाहेको हो। 28 भविष्यमा यदि यस्तो हुनेछ तिमीहरूका सन्तानहरूले यो भन्लान् हामीहरू इस्राएलका होइनौ, तब हाम्रा सन्तानहरूले भन्न सक्नेछन्, ‘हेर! हामी भन्दा अघि बाँचेका हाम्रा पिता-पुर्खाहरूले एक वेदी निर्माण गरेका छन्। त्यो वेदी पवित्र पालमा भएको परमप्रभुको वेदी जस्तै नै छ। हामी यो वेदीलाई बलिहरू चढाउन प्रयोग गर्दैनौ-यो वेदी यसको प्रमाण हो कि हामी इस्राएलका भाग हौं।’ 29 “साँच्चै नै हामी परमप्रभुको विरूद्ध जान चाहँदैनौं। उहाँको अनुसरण नगर्ने हाम्रो इच्छा छैन। हामी जान्दछौं सत्य वेदी त्यही मात्र हो जो पवित्र पालको समक्ष छ। त्यो वेदी परमप्रभु हाम्रा परमेश्वरको हो।” 30 पूजाहारी पीनहास अनि तिनीसित भएका अगुवाहरूले रूबेन, गाद अनि मनश्शेका आधा कुल मानिसहरूले भनेका यी कुराहरू सुने। यी मानिसहरूले सत्यकुरा भन्दैछन् भनी तिनीहरू सन्तुष्ट भए। 31 यसकारण पूजाहारी पीनहासले भने, “अब हामीलाई थाहा भयो कि परमप्रभु हामीसंग हुनुहुन्छ। अनि हामी जान्दछौं कि तिमीहरू उहाँको विरूद्ध गएनौं। हामी खुशी छौं कि इस्राएलका मानिसहरू परमप्रभुद्वारा दण्डित हुने छैनन्।” 32 तब पीनहास अनि अगुवाहरू त्यस स्थान छाडेर घरतर्फ गए। तिनीहरूले रूबेन अनि गादका मानिसहरूलाई गिलाद भूमिमा छाडे र कनान तिर फर्के अनि तिनीहरू इस्राएलका मानिसहरू कहाँ गए के भएको थियो त्यो भने। 33 इस्राएलका मानिसहरू पनि सन्तुष्ट भए। तिनीहरू खुशी भए अनि परमेश्वरलाई धन्यवाद चढाए। तिनीहरूले रूबेन, गाद अनि मनश्शेका मानिसहरूको विरूद्ध गएर लडाईं नगर्ने निर्णय गरे। तिनीहरूले त्यो ठाउँ जहाँ ती मानिसहरू बस्थे त्यो ठाउँलाई ध्वंश नगर्ने निश्चय गरे। 34 रूबेन अनि गादका मानिसहरूले त्यो वेदीलाई एउटा नाउँ प्रदान गरे। तिनीहरूले त्यस ठाउँको नाउँ “‘साक्षी’ राखे हामी त्यो विश्वास गर्छौ परमप्रभु नै परमेश्वर हुनुहुन्छ भन्ने प्रमाण गर्छौ।”