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and said to Moses, "We are unclean because we touched a dead person. But why are we kept from giving the Lord's gift at its given time among the people of Israel?"

But if a man is clean and is not away traveling, yet does not keep the Passover, he must be cut off from his people. For he did not give the Lord's gift at the time he was to do so. That man will be guilty of his sin.

Sometimes the cloud stayed a few days over the meeting tent. But they obeyed the Lord and stayed in that place. Then they would leave when the Lord told them.

But when the people are to be gathered together, you will blow the horn without the sound of danger.

But Hobab said to him, "I will not come. I will go to my own land and family."

But now our strength is gone. There is nothing at all to look at except this bread from heaven."

But you will eat it a whole month, until it comes out of your nose and you hate it, because you have turned away from the Lord Who is among you. You have cried before Him, saying, "Why did we ever leave Egypt?"'"

But Moses said, "The people whom I am among are 600,000 on foot. And You have said, ‘I will give them meat so they may eat for a whole month.'

Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to him. He took of the Spirit Who was upon him and put Him upon the seventy leaders. When the Spirit rested upon them, they spoke the word of the Lord. But they did not do it again.

But two men had stayed among the tents. Their names were Eldad and Medad, and the Spirit rested upon them. They were among those who had been chosen, but had not gone out to the meeting tent. So they spoke the word of the Lord among the tents.

But Moses said to him, "Are you jealous for my good? If only all the Lord's people would speak for God, that the Lord would put His Spirit upon them!"

But the Lord said to Moses, "If her father had only spit in her face, would she not carry her shame for seven days? Let her be shut up for seven days away from the tents. After that, she may be brought in again."

These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. But Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua.

But the people who live in the land are strong. The cities have walls and are very large. And we saw the children of Anak there.

But the men who had gone up with him said, "We are not able to go against the people. They are too strong for us."

But all the people said to throw stones at Joshua and Caleb. Then the shining-greatness of the Lord was seen in the meeting tent by all the people of Israel.

But Moses said to the Lord, "Then the Egyptians will hear of it. For You brought this people here by Your strength from among them.

But now, I pray, let the power of the Lord be great as You have promised, saying,

‘The Lord is slow to anger and filled with loving-kindness, forgiving sin and wrong-doing. But He will not let the guilty go without being punished. He brings the sin of fathers down upon the children, even the great-grandchildren.'

But for sure, as I live, all the earth will be filled with the shining-greatness of the Lord.