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But to the descendants of K'hat he gave none, because their duties involved the holy articles, which they carried on their own shoulders.

But I have taken the L'vi'im in place of all the firstborn among the people of Isra'el,

They will assist their brothers who are performing their duties in the tent of meeting, but they themselves will not do any of the work. This is what you are to do with the L'vi'im in regard to their duties."

But there were certain people who had become unclean because of someone's corpse, so that they could not observe Pesach on that day. So they came before Moshe and Aharon that day

and said to him, "We are unclean because of someone's corpse; but why must we be kept from bringing the offering for Adonai at the time designated for the people of Isra'el?"

But he will observe it in the second month on the fourteenth day at dusk. They are to eat it with matzah and maror,

But the person who is clean and not on a trip who fails to observe Pesach will be cut off from his people; because he did not bring the offering for Adonai at its designated time, that person will bear the consequences of his sin.

Whether it was two days, a month or a year that the cloud remained over the tabernacle, staying on it, the people of Isra'el remained in camp and did not travel; but as soon as it was taken up, they traveled.

However, when the community is to be assembled, you are to sound; but don't sound an alarm.

But he replied, "I will not go; I would rather go back to my own country and my own kinsmen."

But the people began complaining about their hardships to Adonai . When Adonai heard it, his anger flared up, so that fire from Adonai broke out against them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.

But now we're withering away, we have nothing to look at but this man."

but a whole month! — until it comes out of your nose and you hate it! — because you have rejected Adonai , who is here with you, and distressed him with your crying and asking, "Why did we ever leave Egypt?"'"

But Moshe said, "Here I am with six hundred thousand men on foot, and yet you say, ‘I will give them meat to eat for a whole month!'

Adonai came down in the cloud, spoke to him, took some of the Spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy leaders. When the Spirit came to rest on them, they prophesied — then but not afterwards.

There were two men who stayed in the camp, one named Eldad and the other Medad, and the Spirit came to rest on them. They were among those listed to go out to the tent, but they hadn't done so, and they prophesied in the camp.

But Moshe replied, "Are you so zealous to protect me? I wish all of Adonai 's people were prophets! I wish Adonai would put his Spirit on all of them!"

But while the meat was still in their mouth, before they had chewed it up, the anger of Adonai flared up against the people, and Adonai struck the people with a terrible plague.

But it isn't that way with my servant Moshe. He is the only one who is faithful in my entire household.

But when the cloud was removed from above the tent, Miryam had tzara‘at, as white as snow. Aharon looked at Miryam, and she was as white as snow.