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You will die and your corpses will be scattered across this wilderness. Because you have complained against me, none of you over twenty years of age will enter that land.

When you face the Amalekites and the Canaanites, you will die in battle; the Lord will not be with you, because you have refused to follow him."

If the mistake was made because of the ignorance of the community, they are to offer a bull as a burnt offering, an odor that pleases the Lord , with the proper grain offering and wine offering. In addition, they are to offer a male goat as a sin offering.

The priest shall perform the ritual of purification for the community, and they will be forgiven, because the mistake was unintentional and they brought their sin offering as a food offering to the Lord .

The whole community of Israel and the foreigners living among them will be forgiven, because everyone was involved in the mistake.

because they have rejected what the Lord said and have deliberately broken one of his commands. They are responsible for their own death.

and was put under guard, because it was not clear what should be done with him.

"Tell Eleazar son of Aaron the priest to remove the bronze fire pans from the remains of those who have been burned, and scatter the coals from the fire pans somewhere else, because the fire pans are holy.

But you and your sons alone shall fulfill all the responsibilities of the priesthood that concern the altar and what is in the Most Holy Place. These things are your responsibility, because I have given you the gift of the priesthood. Any unqualified person who comes near the sacred objects shall be put to death."

because I have given to them as their possession the tithe which the Israelites present to me as a special contribution. That is why I told them that they would have no permanent property in Israel."

You and your families may eat the rest anywhere, because it is your wages for your service in the Tent.

Those who touch a corpse and do not purify themselves remain unclean, because the water for purification has not been thrown over them. They defile the Lord 's Tent, and they will no longer be considered God's people.

Those who have become ritually unclean and do not purify themselves remain unclean, because the water for purification has not been thrown over them. They defile the Lord 's Tent and will no longer be considered God's people.

But the Lord reprimanded Moses and Aaron. He said, "Because you did not have enough faith to acknowledge my holy power before the people of Israel, you will not lead them into the land that I promised to give them."

Because the Edomites would not let the Israelites pass through their territory, the Israelites turned and went another way.

"Aaron is not going to enter the land which I promised to give to Israel; he is going to die, because the two of you rebelled against my command at Meribah.

But the Israelites killed many of the enemy in battle and occupied their land from the Arnon River north to the Jabbok, that is, to the Ammonites, because the Ammonite border was strongly defended.

God said to Balaam, "Do not go with them, and do not put a curse on the people of Israel, because they have my blessing."

Balaam answered, "Because you have made a fool of me! If I had a sword, I would kill you."

The angel demanded, "Why have you beaten your donkey three times like this? I have come to bar your way, because you should not be making this journey.