At the commandment of the Lord they camped, and at the commandment of the Lord they traveled on; they kept the instructions of the Lord according to the commandment of the Lord, by the authority of Moses.

At the commandment of the Lord the Israelites would begin their journey, and at the commandment of the Lord they would make camp; as long as the cloud remained settled over the tabernacle they would camp.

When the cloud remained over the tabernacle a number of days, they remained camped according to the Lord’s commandment, and according to the Lord’s commandment they would journey.

With him I will speak face to face, openly, and not in riddles; and he will see the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”

So Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord, just as he had been commanded.

This was the first time they set out on their journey according to the commandment of the Lord, by the authority of Moses.

Their inheritance must be apportioned by lot among the larger and smaller groups.

He gave two carts and four oxen to the Gershonites, as their service required;

But Moses said, “Why are you now transgressing the commandment of the Lord? It will not succeed!

Then the Lord put a message in Balaam’s mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you.”

Balaam replied, “Must I not be careful to speak what the Lord has put in my mouth?”

To a larger group you will give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group you will give a smaller inheritance. To each one its inheritance must be given according to the number of people in it.

So build cities for your descendants and pens for your sheep, but do what you have said you would do.”

Moses recorded their departures according to their journeys, by the commandment of the Lord; now these are their journeys according to their departures.

And he will stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the Lord by the decision of the Urim. At his command they will go out, and at his command they will come in, he and all the Israelites with him, the whole community.”

Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, according to the word of the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

These were those numbered from the families of the Kohathites, everyone who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord by the authority of Moses.

These were those numbered from the families of the Gershonites, everyone who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord.

These are those numbered from the families of the Merarites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord by the authority of Moses.

“Receive these gifts from them, that they may be used in doing the work of the tent of meeting; and you must give them to the Levites, to every man as his service requires.”