And each of you<n id="1" /> take his censer, put<n id="2" /> incense in it, and then each of you present his censer before the <sc>Lord:sc> 250 censers, along with you, and Aaron &#8211; each of you with his censer.&#8221;

When<n id="1" /> Korah assembled the whole community against them at the entrance of the tent of meeting, then the glory of the <sc>Lordsc> appeared to the whole community.p>

Then Moses said, &#8220;This is how<n id="1" /> you will know that the <sc>Lordsc> has sent me to do all these works, for I have not done them of my own will.<n id="2" />

If these men die a natural death,<n id="1" /> or if they share the fate<n id="2" /> of all men, then the <sc>Lordsc> has not sent me.

But on the next day the whole community of Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying, &#8220;You have killed the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s people!&#8221;<n id="1" />

When the community assembled<n id="1" /> against Moses and Aaron, they turned toward the tent of meeting &#8211; and<n id="2" /> the cloud covered it, and the glory of the <sc>Lordsc> appeared.

I myself have chosen<n id="1" /> your brothers the Levites from among the Israelites. They are given to you as a gift from the <sc>Lordsc>, to perform the duties<n id="2" /> of the tent of meeting.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;All the best of the olive oil and all the best of the wine and of the wheat, the first fruits of these things that they give to the <sc>Lordsc>, I have given to you.<n id="1" />

And whatever first ripe fruit in their land they bring to the <sc>Lordsc> will be yours; everyone who is ceremonially clean in your household may eat of it.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> spoke to Aaron, &#8220;You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion of property<n id="1" /> among them &#8211; I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.

<t /><p class="bodytext">So Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the entrance to the tent of meeting. They then threw themselves down with their faces to the ground, and the glory of the <sc>Lordsc> appeared to them.

So when we cried to the <sc>Lordsc>, he heard our voice and sent a messenger,<n id="1" /> and has brought us up out of Egypt. Now<n id="2" /> we are here in Kadesh, a town on the edge of your country.<n id="3" />

And the <sc>Lordsc> spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom. He said:

<p class="bodytext">So Israel made a vow<n id="1" /> to the <sc>Lordsc> and said, &#8220;If you will indeed deliver<n id="2" /> this people into our<n id="3" /> hand, then we will utterly destroy<n id="4" /> their cities.&#8221;

The <sc>Lordsc> listened to the voice of Israel and delivered up the Canaanites,<n id="1" /> and they utterly destroyed them and their cities. So the name of the place was called<n id="2" /> Hormah.p>

<p class="bodytext">So the <sc>Lordsc> sent poisonous<n id="1" /> snakes<n id="2" /> among the people, and they bit the people; many people of Israel died.

<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> said to Moses, &#8220;Make a poisonous snake and set it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks<n id="1" /> at it, he will live.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">And from there they traveled<n id="1" /> to Beer;<n id="2" /> that is the well where the <sc>Lordsc> spoke to Moses, &#8220;Gather the people and I will give them water.&#8221;

He replied to them, &#8220;Stay<n id="1" /> here tonight, and I will bring back to you whatever word the <sc>Lordsc> may speak to me.&#8221; So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.

<p class="bodytext">So Balaam got up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, &#8220;Go to your land,<n id="1" /> for the <sc>Lordsc> has refused to permit me to go<n id="2" /> with you.&#8221;