they will by no means see the land that I swore to their fathers, nor will any of them who despised me see it.

But the Kohathites are not to go in to watch while the holy things are being covered, or they will die.”

Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place from which you can observe them. You will see only a part of them, but you will not see all of them. Curse them for me from there.”

Balak son of Zippor saw all that the Israelites had done to the Amorites.

Then Balaam looked on Amalek and delivered this oracle: “Amalek was the first of the nations, but his end will be that he will perish.”

Then he looked on the Kenites and uttered this oracle: “Your dwelling place seems strong, and your nest is set on a rocky cliff.

When you have seen it, you will be gathered to your ancestors, as Aaron your brother was gathered to his ancestors.

Your fathers did the same thing when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land.

But if you are going to deal with me like this, then kill me immediately. If I have found favor in your sight then do not let me see my trouble.”

And the Lord said to Moses, “Is the Lord’s hand shortened? Now you will see whether my word to you will come true or not!”

and see what the land is like, and whether the people who live in it are strong or weak, few or many,

But the inhabitants are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there.

We even saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak came from the Nephilim), and we seemed liked grasshoppers both to ourselves and to them.”

However, the whole community threatened to stone them. But the glory of the Lord appeared to all the Israelites at the tent of meeting.

When Korah assembled the whole community against them at the entrance of the tent of meeting, then the glory of the Lord appeared to the whole community.

When the community assembled against Moses and Aaron, they turned toward the tent of meeting – and the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.

So Moses brought out all the staffs from before the Lord to all the Israelites. They looked at them, and each man took his staff.

So Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the entrance to the tent of meeting. They then threw themselves down with their faces to the ground, and the glory of the Lord appeared to them.

When all the community saw that Aaron was dead, the whole house of Israel mourned for Aaron thirty days.

The Lord said to Moses, “Make a poisonous snake and set it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live.”