Now if they should be married to one of the men from another Israelite tribe, their inheritance would be taken from the inheritance of our fathers and added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry. As a result, it will be taken from the lot of our inheritance.

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Number all the firstborn males of the Israelites from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.

On the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle of the testimony.

These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to investigate the land. And Moses gave Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.

You will be responsible for the care of the sanctuary and the care of the altar, so that there will be no more wrath on the Israelites.

See, I have given the Levites all the tithes in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they perform – the service of the tent of meeting.

They must join with you, and they will be responsible for the care of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent, but no unauthorized person may approach you.

Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “Even if Balak would give me his palace full of silver and gold, I could not transgress the commandment of the Lord my God to do less or more.

You must give to the Lord some of the first of your finely ground flour as a raised offering in your future generations.

“Also take a census of the Gershonites, by their clans and by their families.

Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, all of it in the form of ornaments.

The Lord said to Moses, “Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know are elders of the people and officials over them, and bring them to the tent of meeting; let them take their position there with you.

Now look, you are standing in your fathers’ place, a brood of sinners, to increase still further the fierce wrath of the Lord against the Israelites.

No inheritance may pass from tribe to tribe. But every one of the tribes of the Israelites must retain its inheritance.”

“Therefore you will say to them, ‘When you offer up the best of it, then it will be credited to the Levites as the product of the threshing floor and as the product of the winepress.

A ruler will be established from Jacob; he will destroy the remains of the city.’”

Then they must put over it a covering of fine leather and spread over that a cloth entirely of blue, and then they must insert its poles.

You must number them from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, all who enter the company to do the work of the tent of meeting.

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.

“These are the names of the men who are to allocate the land to you as an inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.