Consent

We will consent to this on one condition, that you become circumcised like us—every one of your males.

Will not their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell among us.”

Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your land,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel stayed in Kadesh.

And the elders and the people all said, “Do not listen to him or consent to his terms.”

Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?

Do not let them persuade you, because more than forty men are waiting to ambush him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him; they are ready now, awaiting your consent.”

Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness will not be out of compulsion, but by your own free will.