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so they and their children may return home to their families and property.

So obey me, and don't be cruel to the poor.

Even if some of you Israelites become so much in debt that you must sell yourselves to foreigners in your country,

The Lord said: I am the Lord your God! So don't make or worship any sort of idols or images.

Your harvest of grain and grapes will be so abundant, that you won't know what to do with it all. You will eat and be satisfied, and you will live in safety.

I am the Lord your God, and I rescued you from Egypt, so that you would never again be slaves. I have set you free; now walk with your heads held high.

until your pride is completely crushed. I will hold back the rain, so the sky above you will be like iron, and the ground beneath your feet will be like copper.

I'll send wild animals to attack you, and they will gobble down your children and livestock. So few of you will be left that your roads will be deserted.

In fact, you will be so desperate for food that you will eat your own children.

Your land will become so desolate that even your enemies who settle there will be shocked when they see it.

In the land of your enemies, you will tremble at the rustle of a leaf, as though it were a sword. And you will become so weak that you will stumble and fall over each other, even when no one is chasing you.

While nations watched, I rescued your ancestors from Egypt so that I would be their God. Yes, I am your Lord , and I will never forget our agreement.

you may do so by paying the following amounts, weighed according to the official standards: fifty pieces of silver for men ages twenty to sixty, and thirty pieces for women; twenty pieces of silver for young men ages five to twenty, and ten pieces for young women; fifteen pieces of silver for men ages sixty and above and ten pieces for women; five pieces of silver for boys ages one month to five years, and three pieces for girls.

Donkeys are unfit for sacrifice, so if you promise me a donkey, you must bring it to the priest,

The Lord said: All first-born animals of your flocks and herds are already mine, and so you cannot promise any of them to me.

If you want to buy back this part of your harvest, you may do so by paying what it is worth plus an additional twenty percent.

So all the Israelites in the camp were counted according to their ancestral families. The troops were arranged by divisions and totaled 603,550.

So Moses obeyed and counted them.

So Moses and Aaron obeyed the Lord and counted the Levites by their clans. The total number of Levites at least one month old was twenty-two thousand.

When the camp is ready to be moved, the Kohathites will be responsible for carrying the sacred objects and the furnishings of the sacred tent. But Aaron and his sons must have already covered those things so the Kohathites won't touch them and die.