These women invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods; then the people ate and bowed down to their gods.

When Israel joined themselves to Baal-peor, the anger of the Lord flared up against Israel.

The Lord said to Moses, "Arrest all the leaders of the people, and hang them up before the Lord in broad daylight, so that the fierce anger of the Lord may be turned away from Israel."

So Moses said to the judges of Israel, "Each of you must execute those of his men who were joined to Baal-peor."

Just then one of the Israelites came and brought to his brothers a Midianite woman in the plain view of Moses and of the whole community of the Israelites, while they were weeping at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

The Lord spoke to Moses:

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

So it will be to him and his descendants after him a covenant of a permanent priesthood, because he has been zealous for his God, and has made atonement for the Israelites.'"

Then the Lord spoke to Moses:

"Bring trouble to the Midianites, and destroy them,

because they bring trouble to you by their treachery with which they have deceived you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, who was killed on the day of the plague that happened as a result of Peor."

After the plague the Lord said to Moses and to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest,

But the descendants of Korah did not die.

These were the families of the Gadites according to those numbered of them, 40,500.

These were the families of Judah according to those numbered of them, 76,500.

These were the families of Issachar, according to those numbered of them, 64,300.

These were the families of the Zebulunites, according to those numbered of them, 60,500.

These were the families of the Ephraimites, according to those numbered of them, 32,500. These were the descendants of Joseph by their families.

These are the Benjaminites, according to their families, and according to those numbered of them, 45,600.

These are the Danites by their families: from Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These were the families of Dan, according to their families.

All the families of the Shuhahites according to those numbered of them were 64,400.

These are the families of the Asherites, according to those numbered of them, 53,400.

These were the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those numbered of them were 45,400.

Then the Lord spoke to Moses:

"To these the land must be divided as an inheritance according to the number of the names.

To a larger group you will give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group you will give a smaller inheritance. To each one its inheritance must be given according to the number of people in it.

And these are the Levites who were numbered according to their families: from Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; from Merari, the family of the Merarites.

Now the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. And to Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and Miriam their sister.

And to Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

Those of them who were numbered were 23,000, all males from a month old and upward, for they were not numbered among the Israelites; no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites.

For the Lord had said of them, "They will surely die in the wilderness." And there was not left a single man of them, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

And they stood before Moses and Eleazar the priest and the leaders of the whole assembly at the entrance to the tent of meeting and said,

The Lord said to Moses:

"The daughters of Zelophehad have a valid claim. You must indeed give them possession of an inheritance among their father's relatives, and you must transfer the inheritance of their father to them.

And you must tell the Israelites, 'If a man dies and has no son, then you must transfer his inheritance to his daughter;

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

and if he has no brothers, then you are to give his inheritance to his father's brothers;

and if his father has no brothers, then you are to give his inheritance to his relative nearest to him from his family, and he will possess it. This will be for the Israelites a legal requirement, as the Lord commanded Moses.'"

Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go up this mountain of the Abarim range, and see the land I have given to the Israelites.

When you have seen it, you will be gathered to your ancestors, as Aaron your brother was gathered to his ancestors.

For in the wilderness of Zin when the community rebelled against me, you rebelled against my command to show me as holy before their eyes over the water -- the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin."

Then Moses spoke to the Lord:

The Lord replied to Moses, "Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is such a spirit, and lay your hand on him;

Then you must delegate some of your authority to him, so that the whole community of the Israelites will be obedient.

The Lord spoke to Moses:

"Command the Israelites: 'With regard to my offering, be sure to offer my food for my offering made by fire, as a pleasing aroma to me at its appointed time.'

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.

It is a continual burnt offering that was instituted on Mount Sinai as a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

"'And its drink offering must be one quarter of a hin for each lamb. You must pour out the strong drink as a drink offering to the Lord in the holy place.

And the second lamb you must offer in the late afternoon; just as you offered the grain offering and drink offering in the morning, you must offer it as an offering made by fire, as a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

"'On the Sabbath day, you must offer two unblemished lambs a year old, and two-tenths of an ephah of finely ground flour as a grain offering, mixed with olive oil, along with its drink offering.

"'On the first day of each month you must offer as a burnt offering to the Lord two young bulls, one ram, and seven unblemished lambs a year old,

with three-tenths of an ephah of finely ground flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering for each bull, and two-tenths of an ephah of finely ground flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering for the ram,

and one-tenth of an ephah of finely ground flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering for each lamb, as a burnt offering for a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

And one male goat must be offered to the Lord as a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering and its drink offering.

"'On the fourteenth day of the first month is the Lord's Passover.

And on the fifteenth day of this month is the festival. For seven days bread made without yeast must be eaten.

And on the first day there is to be a holy assembly; you must do no ordinary work on it.

"'But you must offer to the Lord an offering made by fire, a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven lambs one year old; they must all be unblemished.

And their grain offering is to be of finely ground flour mixed with olive oil. For each bull you must offer three-tenths of an ephah, and two-tenths for the ram.

For each of the seven lambs you are to offer one-tenth of an ephah,

as well as one goat for a purification offering, to make atonement for you.

You must offer these in addition to the burnt offering in the morning which is for a continual burnt offering.

In this manner you must offer daily throughout the seven days the food of the sacrifice made by fire as a sweet aroma to the Lord. It is to be offered in addition to the continual burnt offering and its drink offering.

On the seventh day you are to have a holy assembly, you must do no regular work.

"'Also, on the day of the first fruits, when you bring a new grain offering to the Lord during your Feast of Weeks, you are to have a holy assembly. You must do no ordinary work.

But you must offer as the burnt offering, as a sweet aroma to the Lord, two young bulls, one ram, seven lambs one year old,

with their grain offering of finely ground flour mixed with olive oil: three-tenths of an ephah for each bull, two-tenths for the one ram,

as well as one male goat to make an atonement for you.

You are to offer them with their drink offerings in addition to the continual burnt offering and its grain offering -- they must be unblemished.

"'On the first day of the seventh month, you are to hold a holy assembly. You must not do your ordinary work, for it is a day of blowing trumpets for you.

You must offer a burnt offering as a sweet aroma to the Lord: one young bull, one ram, and seven lambs one year old without blemish.

"'Their grain offering is to be of finely ground flour mixed with olive oil, three-tenths of an ephah for the bull, two-tenths of an ephah for the ram,

with one male goat for a purification offering to make an atonement for you;

this is in addition to the monthly burnt offering and its grain offering, and the daily burnt offering with its grain offering and their drink offerings as prescribed, as a sweet aroma, a sacrifice made by fire to the Lord.

"'On the tenth day of this seventh month you are to have a holy assembly. You must humble yourselves; you must not do any work on it.

But you must offer a burnt offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord, one young bull, one ram, and seven lambs one year old, all of them without blemish.

Their grain offering must be of finely ground flour mixed with olive oil, three-tenths of an ephah for the bull, two-tenths for the ram,

along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the purification offering for atonement and the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and their drink offerings.

"'On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you are to have a holy assembly; you must do no ordinary work, and you must keep a festival to the Lord for seven days.

You must offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire as a pleasing aroma to the Lord: thirteen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs each one year old, all of them without blemish.

Their grain offering must be of finely ground flour mixed with olive oil, three-tenths of an ephah for each of the thirteen bulls, two-tenths of an ephah for each of the two rams,

along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering.

"'On the second day you must offer twelve young bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish,

and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number as prescribed,

along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and their drink offerings.

"'On the third day you must offer eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish,

and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number as prescribed,

along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering.

"'On the fourth day you must offer ten bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish,

and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number as prescribed,

along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering.

"'On the fifth day you must offer nine bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish,

and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number as prescribed,

along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering.

"'On the sixth day you must offer eight bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish,

and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number as prescribed,

along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering.

"'On the seventh day you must offer seven bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish,

and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number as prescribed,