“You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and subverts the words of the righteous.

and put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark in order to carry the ark.

just as the Lord had commanded Moses. And so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.

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

Those of them who were numbered, counting every male from a month old and upward, were 6,200.

And when it came to rest he would say, “Return, O Lord, to the many thousands of Israel!”

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

Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not come up.

Then Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel went after him.

(17:28) Anyone who even comes close to the tabernacle of the Lord will die! Are we all to die?”

So Moses did as the Lord commanded; and they went up Mount Hor in the sight of the whole community.

So the Lord sent poisonous snakes among the people, and they bit the people; many people of Israel died.

Balaam uttered his oracle, and said, “Rise up, Balak, and hear; Listen to me, son of Zippor:

“To these the land must be divided as an inheritance according to the number of the names.

Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the community went out to meet them outside the camp.

Our children, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock will be there in the cities of Gilead,

The Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho. He said:

the blessing if you take to heart the commandments of the Lord your God that I am giving you today,

“Therefore, keep the terms of this covenant and obey them so that you may be successful in everything you do.

Of Dan he said: Dan is a lion’s cub; he will leap forth from Bashan.