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But some of them could not celebrate the Passover on that day because they were ceremonially unclean on account of a dead body. So they came to Moses and Aaron that same day

and said to Moses, "We have become unclean because of a dead body, but why should we be kept from presenting the Lord 's offering with the other Israelites at the appointed time?"

"Tell the Israelites: ‘When any of you or your descendants are unclean because of a dead body or are away on a journey, they are still to celebrate the Lord 's Passover,

So that place was called Taberah, because fire from the Lord had burned among them.

but for a whole month—until it comes out of your nostrils and you loathe it—because you have rejected the Lord , who is among you, and have wailed before him, saying, "Why did we ever leave Egypt?"'"

Therefore the place was named Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved other food.

Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife, for he had married a Cushite.

That place was called the Valley of Eshkol because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut off there.

Only do not rebel against the Lord . And do not be afraid of the people of the land, because we will devour them. Their protection is gone, but the Lord is with us. Do not be afraid of them."

But because my servant Caleb has a different spirit and follows me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he went to, and his descendants will inherit it.

Do not go up, because the Lord is not with you. You will be defeated by your enemies,

for the Amalekites and the Canaanites will face you there. Because you have turned away from the Lord , he will not be with you and you will fall by the sword."

The whole Israelite community and the foreigners residing among them will be forgiven, because all the people were involved in the unintentional wrong.

Because they have despised the Lord 's word and broken his commands, they must surely be cut off; their guilt remains on them.'"

and they kept him in custody, because it was not clear what should be done to him.

He warned the assembly, "Move back from the tents of these wicked men! Do not touch anything belonging to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins."

But 14,700 people died from the plague, in addition to those who had died because of Korah.

If they fail to purify themselves after touching a human corpse, they defile the Lord 's tabernacle. They must be cut off from Israel. Because the water of cleansing has not been sprinkled on them, they are unclean; their uncleanness remains on them.

But if those who are unclean do not purify themselves, they must be cut off from the community, because they have defiled the sanctuary of the Lord . The water of cleansing has not been sprinkled on them, and they are unclean.

But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, "Because you did not trust in me enough to honor me as holy in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this community into the land I give them."