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There are 22,000 Levites, but there are 22,273 firstborn sons from the other families. This leaves 273 more firstborn sons than Levites.

But maybe the person is dead and does not have any close relatives to accept the payment. In that case, you will give the payment to the Lord . That is, you will give the full payment to the priest. The priest must sacrifice the ram that makes people pure. This ram will be sacrificed to cover over your sins, but the priest will keep the rest of the payment.

You don't have to give these special gifts, but if you do, the gifts belong to the priest."

But the husband might begin to think that his wife sinned against him, whether she has or not. He might become jealous. He might begin to believe that she is not pure and true to him.

But if you have sinned against your husband—if you had sexual relations with a man who is not your husband—then you are not pure.

But if the woman has not sinned against her husband and she is pure, the priest will say that she is not guilty. Then she will be normal and able to have children.

The husband will not be guilty of doing anything wrong, but the woman will suffer if she has sinned."

"These are the rules for those who decide to make the Nazirite vow. They must give all these gifts to the Lord . But they might be able to give much more. If they promise to do more, they must keep their promise. But they must give at least all the things listed in these rules for the Nazirite vow."

The Israelites will give me the Levites. They will belong to me. In the past I told every Israelite family to give me their firstborn son. But now I am taking the Levites in place of these firstborn sons from the other families in Israel.

But now I will take the Levites in their place. I will take the Levites in place of all the firstborn sons from the other families in Israel.

But when a man is 50 years old, he will retire from this hard work.

Men who are at least 50 years old will be on duty to help their brothers, but they will not do the work themselves. That is what you must do for the Levites so that they can do their duty."

But some of the people could not celebrate Passover that day. They were unclean because they had touched a dead body. So they went to Moses and Aaron that day

and said to Moses, "We touched a dead body and became unclean. But why must we be kept from offering our gifts to the Lord at the chosen time with the rest of the Israelites?"

But anyone who is able must celebrate Passover at the right time. If they are clean and they are not away on a trip, there is no excuse for them not to do it. If they don't celebrate Passover at the right time, they must be separated from their people. They are guilty and must be punished, because they did not give the Lord his gift at the right time.

"A foreigner living among you might want to share in the Lord 's Passover with you. This is allowed, but that person must follow all the rules about Passover. The same rules are for everyone."

But if you blow long blasts on only one trumpet, only the leaders will come to meet with you. (These are the leaders of the twelve tribes of Israel.)

But if you want to gather the people together for a special meeting, blow the trumpets in a different way—blow a long steady blast on the trumpets.

But Hobab answered, "No, I will not go with you. I will go back to my homeland and to my own people."

But now we have lost our strength. We never eat anything—only this manna!"