“Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him.

set him before Eleazar the priest and before the whole community, and commission him publicly.

Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites must take it down, and whenever the tabernacle is to be reassembled, the Levites must set it up. Any unauthorized person who approaches it must be killed.

In the fourteenth day of this month, at twilight, you are to observe it at its appointed time; you must keep it in accordance with all its statutes and all its customs.”

Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and to the whole community.

So the whole community took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, just as the Lord commanded Moses.

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.”

So Moses numbered all the firstborn males among the Israelites, as the Lord had commanded him.

They put him in custody, because there was no clear instruction about what should be done to him.

So Moses did as the Lord commanded him – this is what he did.

You are to eat it as a most holy offering; every male may eat it. It will be holy to you.

And Balak sacrificed bulls and sheep, and sent some to Balaam, and to the princes who were with him.

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

When Moses had completed setting up the tabernacle, he anointed it and consecrated it and all its furnishings, and he anointed and consecrated the altar and all its utensils.

And the Lord said to Moses, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him and all his people and his land into your hand. You will do to him what you did to King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.

The community must deliver the slayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the community must restore him to the town of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the consecrated oil.

They must spread over them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same with a covering of fine leather; and they must insert its poles.

“They must spread a blue cloth on the gold altar, and cover it with a covering of fine leather; and they must insert its poles.

“‘Now this is the law of the Nazirite: When the days of his separation are fulfilled, he must be brought to the entrance of the tent of meeting,

The leaders offered gifts for the dedication of the altar when it was anointed. And the leaders presented their offering before the altar.