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But only you and your sons may serve as priests. Only you may serve at the altar or go behind the curtain. I am giving you this gift of serving as a priest, and anyone else who comes near the Holy Place will be put to death."

You must eat the offering in a most holy place. Any male may eat it, but you must respect it as holy.

The first one born to any family, whether people or animals, will be offered to the Lord . And that will be yours. But you must make a payment for every firstborn child and every firstborn animal that is unclean.

"But you must not make a payment for the firstborn ox or sheep or goat. Those animals are holy. Sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn their fat as an offering made by fire. The smell is pleasing to the Lord .

But the meat will be yours, just as the breast that is presented and the right thigh will be yours.

But the other Israelites must never go near the Meeting Tent, or they will die for their sin.

but when the Israelites give a tenth of everything they make to me, I will give that tenth to the Levites as a reward. That is why I said about the Levites: ‘They will not inherit any land among the Israelites.'"

"Speak to the Levites and tell them: ‘You will receive a tenth of everything the Israelites make, which I will give to you. But you must give a tenth of that back to the Lord .

After the priest has washed himself and his clothes with water, he may come back into the camp, but he will be unclean until evening.

They must wash themselves with the cleansing water on the third day and on the seventh day; then they will be clean. But if they do not wash themselves on the third day and the seventh day, they cannot be clean.

But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, "Because you did not believe me, and because you did not honor me as holy before the people, you will not lead them into the land I will give them."

but when we cried out to the Lord , he heard us and sent us an angel to bring us out of Egypt. "Now we are here at Kadesh, a town on the edge of your land.

But the king of Edom answered: "You may not pass through here. If you try, I will come and meet you with swords."

But he answered: "You may not pass through here." Then the Edomites went out to meet the Israelites with a large and powerful army.

The Israelites left Mount Hor and went on the road toward the Red Sea, in order to go around the country of Edom. But the people became impatient on the way

But King Sihon would not let the Israelites pass through his country. He gathered his whole army together, and they marched out to meet Israel in the desert. At Jahaz they fought the Israelites.

But we defeated those Amorites. We ruined their towns from Heshbon to Dibon, and we destroyed them as far as Nophah, near Medeba."

But God said to Balaam, "Do not go with them. Don't put a curse on those people, because I have blessed them."

But Balaam answered Balak's servants, "King Balak could give me his palace full of silver and gold, but I cannot disobey the Lord my God in anything, great or small.

That night God came to Balaam and said, "These men have come to ask you to go with them. Go, but only do what I tell you."