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They counted every man who was 20 years old or older and able to serve in the army. Each man was listed with his family.

There are 74,600 men in his division.

There are 54,400 men in his division.

There are 57,400 men in his division.

"The total number of men in all the divisions of Reuben's camp is 151,450. His camp will be the second group to move when the people travel from place to place.

"Bring all the men from the tribe of Levi. Bring them to Aaron the priest. These men will be his helpers.

"Give the Levites to Aaron and his sons. The Levites were chosen from all the Israelites to help Aaron and his sons.

"Appoint Aaron and his sons to be priests. They must do their duty and serve as priests. Anyone else who tries to come near the holy things must be killed."

Moses, Aaron, and his sons camped east of the Holy Tent, in front of the Meeting Tent. They were given the work of caring for the Holy Place. They did this for all the Israelites. Anyone else who came near the Holy Place was to be killed.

Give the silver to Aaron and his sons as payment for the 273 Israelites.'"

Moses obeyed the Lord 's command and gave the silver to Aaron and his sons. He did it just as the Lord had told him.

"When the Israelites travel to a new place, Aaron and his sons must go into the Meeting Tent and take down the curtain and cover the Box of the Agreement with it.

"Aaron and his sons must finish covering all the holy things in the Holy Place. Then the men from the Kohath family can go in and begin carrying these things. In this way they will not touch the holy things and die.

You must do these things so that the Kohathite men can go near the most holy things and not die. Aaron and his sons must go in and show each Kohathite man what to do and what to carry.

Aaron and his sons will watch all the work that is done. Everything the Gershonites carry and the other work they do will be watched by Aaron and his sons. You must tell them what they are responsible for carrying.

Each man was counted just as the Lord commanded Moses. Each man was given his own work and told what he must carry just as the Lord had said.

"If any of you Israelites gives a special gift to God, the priest who accepts that gift can keep it. It is his.

She might have sexual relations with another man and hide this from her husband. And there might not be anyone to tell him that his wife committed this sin. Her husband might never know about the wrong thing she did, and she might not tell her husband about her sin.

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.

If that happens, he must take his wife to the priest. The husband must also take an offering of 8 cups of barley flour. He must not pour oil or incense on the barley flour. This barley flour is a grain offering to the Lord that is given because the husband is jealous. This offering will show that he thinks his wife has been unfaithful to him.