Now the mixed multitude who were among them craved more desirable foods, and so the Israelites wept again and said, "If only we had meat to eat!

(Now the man Moses was very humble, more so than any man on the face of the earth.)

You will be responsible for the care of the sanctuary and the care of the altar, so that there will be no more wrath on the Israelites.

Balak again sent princes, more numerous and more distinguished than the first.

Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, "Even if Balak would give me his palace full of silver and gold, I could not transgress the commandment of the Lord my God to do less or more.

Now therefore, please stay the night here also, that I may know what more the Lord might say to me."

The towns you will give must be from the possession of the Israelites. From the larger tribes you must give more; and from the smaller tribes fewer. Each must contribute some of its own towns to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance allocated to each.