'Consent' in the Bible
Only on this condition will we consent to you: if you will become like us, in that every male of you be circumcised,
Only on this condition will the men consent to us to live with us, to become one people: that every male among us be circumcised as they are circumcised.
Will not their livestock and their property and all their animals be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will live with 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. And they also sent to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel remained at Kadesh.
All the elders and all the people said to him, “Do not listen or consent.”
“Will the wild ox consent to serve you,Or will he spend the night at your manger?
“If you consent and obey,You will eat the best of the land;