“Tell Aaron and his sons how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them:

He may assist his brothers to fulfill responsibilities at the tent of meeting, but he must not do the work. This is how you are to deal with the Levites regarding their duties.”

The Lord said to Moses, “How long will these people despise Me? How long will they not trust in Me despite all the signs I have performed among them?

They will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that You, Lord, are among these people, how You, Lord, are seen face to face, how Your cloud stands over them, and how You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.

“How long must I endure this evil community that keeps complaining about Me? I have heard the Israelites’ complaints that they make against Me.

This is how you must prepare each of them, no matter how many.

Then Moses said, “This is how you will know that the Lord sent me to do all these things and that it was not of my own will:

How can I curse someone God has not cursed?
How can I denounce someone the Lord has not denounced?

How beautiful are your tents, Jacob,
your dwellings, Israel.