He made fifty gold clasps and joined the curtains together to one another with the clasps, so that the tabernacle was a unit.

and to teach the Israelites all the statutes that the Lord has spoken to them through Moses.”

As for any clay vessel they fall into, everything in it will become unclean and you must break it.

Now, if such a carcass falls on any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean,

The priest will then command that one bird be slaughtered into a clay vessel over fresh water.

A clay vessel which the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil must be rinsed in water.

“‘Any man from the Israelites or from the foreigners who reside in their midst who hunts a wild animal or a bird that may be eaten must pour out its blood and cover it with soil,

So the Israelites did so, and expelled them outside the camp. As the Lord had spoken to Moses, so the Israelites did.

“Speak to the Israelites, and receive from them a staff from each tribe, one from every tribal leader, twelve staffs; you must write each man’s name on his staff.

The cattle numbered 36,000; the Lord’s tribute was 72.

Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the Moabite plains by the Jordan near Jericho. He said:

They left and went up to the hill country, coming to the Eshcol Valley, which they scouted out.

You were not willing to go up, however, but instead rebelled against the Lord your God.

Keep his commandments very carefully, as well as the stipulations and statutes he commanded you to observe.

So you must keep his commandments, live according to his standards, and revere him.

These you may eat from among water creatures: anything with fins and scales you may eat,

You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow’s garment as security for a loan.

At that time the Lord told Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites once again.”

So Joshua and his whole army, including the bravest warriors, marched up from Gilgal.

I will drive out before the Israelites all who live in the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, all the Sidonians; you be sure to parcel it out to Israel as I instructed you.”