When Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he did not go as at the other times to seek for omens, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

They crouch and lie down like a lion, and as a lioness, who can stir him? Blessed is the one who blesses you, and cursed is the one who curses you!’”

You will say to them, ‘This is the offering made by fire which you must offer to the Lord: two unblemished lambs one year old each day for a continual burnt offering.

Also, they must take away the ashes from the altar and spread a purple cloth over it.

Every man’s holy things will be his; whatever any man gives the priest will be his.’”

But when you assemble the community, you must blow, but you must not sound an alarm.

And the Kohathites set out, carrying the articles for the sanctuary; the tabernacle was to be set up before they arrived.

But Hobab said to him, “I will not go, but I will go instead to my own land and to my kindred.”

But now we are dried up, and there is nothing at all before us except this manna!”

I am not able to bear this entire people alone, because it is too heavy for me!

And a young man ran and told Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp!”

You must do so for each one according to the number that you prepare.

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

When he had finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split open,

“Get away from this community, so that I can consume them in an instant!” But they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.

But he said, “You may not pass through.” Then Edom came out against them with a large and powerful force.

Their inheritance must be apportioned by lot among the larger and smaller groups.

So Moses did as the Lord commanded him; he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before the whole community.

“‘On the eighth day you are to have a holy assembly; you must do no ordinary work on it.

and with their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bull, for the ram, and for the lambs, according to their number as prescribed,