“Do not allow the tribe of the families of the Kohathites to be cut off from among the Levites;

But the Kohathites are not to go in to watch while the holy things are being covered, or they will die.”

“As for the sons of Merari, you are to number them by their families and by their clans.

Then the man will be free from iniquity, but that woman will bear the consequences of her iniquity.’”

So they will put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.”

So I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn sons among the Israelites.

“Separate yourselves from among this community, that I may consume them in an instant.”

So Moses took the staff from before the Lord, just as he commanded him.

Therefore, announce: ‘I am going to give to him my covenant of peace.

and if he has no daughter, then you are to give his inheritance to his brothers;

You replied to me that what I had said to you was good.

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

When the Lord heard you, he became angry and made this vow:

You stood before the Lord your God at Horeb and he said to me, “Assemble the people before me so that I can tell them my commands. Then they will learn to revere me all the days they live in the land, and they will instruct their children.”

You must not put the Lord your God to the test as you did at Massah.

and that you may drive out all your enemies just as the Lord said.

Moreover, you continued to provoke the Lord at Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth-Hattaavah.

You have been rebelling against him from the very first day I knew you!

Therefore, cleanse your heart and stop being so stubborn!

So you must love the resident foreigner because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.