Now these are the names of the men who are to help you: from Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;

These were the ones chosen from the community, leaders of their ancestral tribes. They were the heads of the thousands of Israel.

So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been mentioned specifically by name,

These were the men whom Moses and Aaron numbered along with the twelve leaders of Israel, each of whom was from his own family.

These are the Israelites, numbered according to their families. All those numbered in the camps, by their divisions, are 603,550.

Now these are the records of Aaron and Moses when the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.

These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab, the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he consecrated to minister as priests.

These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.

The sons of Merari by their families were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their clans.

From Gershon came the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimeites; these were the families of the Gershonites.

the hangings of the courtyard, the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard that surrounded the tabernacle and the altar, and their ropes, plus all the service connected with these things.

From Kohath came the family of the Amramites, the family of the Izharites, the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites; these were the families of the Kohathites.

From Merari came the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites; these were the families of Merari.

Now the leader of the clan of the families of Merari was Zuriel son of Abihail. These were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle.

The appointed responsibilities of the Merarites included the frames of the tabernacle, its crossbars, its posts, its sockets, its utensils, plus all the service connected with these things,

"When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is ready to journey, then the Kohathites will come to carry them; but they must not touch any holy thing, or they will die. These are the responsibilities of the Kohathites with the tent of meeting.

These were those numbered from the families of the Kohathites, everyone who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord by the authority of Moses.

These were those numbered from the families of the Gershonites, everyone who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord.

These are those numbered from the families of the Merarites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord by the authority of Moses.

"'Then the priest will write these curses on a scroll and then scrape them off into the bitter water.

"'Then the priest must present all these before the Lord and offer his purification offering and his burnt offering.

"Receive these gifts from them, that they may be used in doing the work of the tent of meeting; and you must give them to the Levites, to every man as his service requires."

All the animals for the sacrifice for the peace offering were 24 young bulls, 60 rams, 60 male goats, and 60 lambs in their first year. These were the dedication offerings for the altar after it was anointed.

These were the traveling arrangements of the Israelites according to their companies when they traveled.

Now these were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;

These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to investigate the land. And Moses gave Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.

But the men who had gone up with him said, "We are not able to go up against these people, because they are stronger than we are!"

For all the people have seen my glory and my signs that I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and yet have tempted me now these ten times, and have not obeyed me,

When Moses told these things to all the Israelites, the people mourned greatly.

"'Every native-born person must do these things in this way to present an offering made by fire as a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

"'If you sin unintentionally and do not observe all these commandments that the Lord has spoken to Moses --

Moreover, you have not brought us into a land that flows with milk and honey, nor given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Do you think you can blind these men? We will not come up."

And he said to the community, "Move away from the tents of these wicked men, and do not touch anything they have, lest you be destroyed because of all their sins."

Then Moses said, "This is how you will know that the Lord has sent me to do all these works, for I have not done them of my own will.

If these men die a natural death, or if they share the fate of all men, then the Lord has not sent me.

But if the Lord does something entirely new, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them up along with all that they have, and they go down alive to the grave, then you will know that these men have despised the Lord!"

When he had finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split open,

As for the censers of these men who sinned at the cost of their lives, they must be made into hammered sheets for covering the altar, because they presented them before the Lord and sanctified them. They will become a sign to the Israelites."

"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 Lord, I have given to you.

These are the waters of Meribah, because the Israelites contended with the Lord, and his holiness was maintained among them.

So Israel took all these cities; and Israel settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages.

And God came to Balaam and said, "Who are these men with you?"

Then the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, "What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?"

The angel of the Lord said to him, "Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Look, I came out to oppose you because what you are doing is perverse before me.

The donkey saw me and turned from me these three times. If she had not turned from me, I would have killed you but saved her alive."

Then Balak became very angry at Balaam, and he struck his hands together. Balak said to Balaam, "I called you to curse my enemies, and look, you have done nothing but bless them these three times!

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

These were the families of the Reubenites; and those numbered of them were 43,730.

These were the families of the Simeonites, 22,200.

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 Gileadites: from Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; from Helek, the family of the Helekites;

These were the families of Manasseh; those numbered of them were 52,700.

These are the Ephraimites by their families: from Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; from Beker, the family of the Bekerites; from Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.

Now these were the Shuthelahites: from Eran, the family of the Eranites.

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.

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.

These were those numbered of the Israelites, 601,730.

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

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.

These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. Kohath became the father of Amram.

These are those who were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the Israelites in the plains of Moab along the Jordan River opposite Jericho.

But there was not a man among these who had been among those numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they numbered the Israelites in the wilderness of Sinai.

Then the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh of the families of Manasseh, the son Joseph came forward. Now these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

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

"'These things you must present to the Lord at your appointed times, in addition to your vows and your freewill offerings, as your burnt offerings, your grain offerings, your drink offerings, and your peace offerings.'"

These are the statutes that the Lord commanded Moses, relating to a man and his wife, and a father and his young daughter who is still living in her father's house.

Look, these people through the counsel of Balaam caused the Israelites to act treacherously against the Lord in the matter of Peor -- which resulted in the plague among the community of the Lord!

These are the journeys of the Israelites, who went out of the land of Egypt by their divisions under the authority of Moses and Aaron.

Moses recorded their departures according to their journeys, by the commandment of the Lord; now these are their journeys according to their departures.

"Give these instructions to the Israelites, and tell them: 'When you enter Canaan, the land that has been assigned to you as an inheritance, the land of Canaan with its borders,

"These are the names of the men who are to allocate the land to you as an inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.

These are the names of the men: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;

These are the ones whom the Lord commanded to divide up the inheritance among the Israelites in the land of Canaan.

Now from these towns that you will give to the Levites you must select six towns of refuge to which a person who has killed someone may flee. And you must give them forty-two other towns.

"So the total of the towns you will give the Levites is forty-eight. You must give these together with their grazing lands.

These towns that you must give shall be your six towns for refuge.

These six towns will be places of refuge for the Israelites, and for the foreigner, and for the settler among them, so that anyone who kills any person accidentally may flee there.

then the community must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these decisions.

So these things must be a statutory ordinance for you throughout your generations, in all the places where you live.

These are the commandments and the decisions that the Lord commanded the Israelites through the authority of Moses, on the plains of Moab by the Jordan River opposite Jericho.