I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the Lord your God.”

But truly, as I live, all the earth will be filled with the glory of the Lord.

Therefore do not defile the land that you will inhabit, in which I live, for I the Lord live among the Israelites.”

“Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn males among the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock. And the Levites will be mine. I am the Lord.

You must expel both men and women; you must put them outside the camp, so that they will not defile their camps, among which I live.”

Say to them, ‘As I live, says the Lord, I will surely do to you just what you have spoken in my hearing.

I, the Lord, have said, “I will surely do so to all this evil congregation that has gathered together against me. In this wilderness they will be finished, and there they will die!”’”

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When you enter the land where you are to live, which I am giving you,

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When you enter the land to which I am bringing you

The Lord spoke to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion of property among them – I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.

Then the Israelites said to him, “We will go along the highway, and if we or our cattle drink any of your water, we will pay for it. We will only pass through on our feet, without doing anything else.”

because all the firstborn are mine. When I destroyed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I set apart for myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They belong to me. I am the Lord.”

And take the Levites for me – I am the Lord – instead of all the firstborn males among the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites instead of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites.”

“Also in the time when you rejoice, such as on your appointed festivals or at the beginnings of your months, you must blow with your trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings, so that they may become a memorial for you before your God: I am the Lord your God.”

“Send out men to investigate the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. You are to send one man from each ancestral tribe, each one a leader among them.”