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"Go away from these people, so I may destroy them at once."

So they went away from the tents of Korah, Dathan and Abiram. And Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the door of their tents, with their wives, their sons, and their little ones.

So Eleazar the religious leader took the brass fire pots which the men who were burned had brought. And they beat them into plates to cover the altar.

"Get away from these people, so I may destroy them at once." Then they fell on their faces.

So Aaron took it as Moses said, and ran to the people. The disease had already come upon them. He put on the special perfume and paid for the sin of the people.

So Moses spoke to the people of Israel. All their leaders each gave him a walking stick, one for each leader by their fathers' houses, twelve walking sticks. And the walking stick of Aaron was among their walking sticks.

But the Lord said to Moses, "Put the walking stick of Aaron in front of the Law again. It will be something special to see against those who go against My Word. Then you may put an end to their complaining against Me, so they will not die."

So Moses did this. He did just as the Lord had told him.

You must do the work of the meeting tent and the work of the altar, so there will no longer be anger on the people of Israel.

So you must give a gift to the Lord from the tenth of what you receive from the people of Israel. And from it you must give the Lord's gift to Aaron the religious leader.

"Take the special stick. You and your brother Aaron gather the people together. Speak to the rock in front of them and it will give its water. So you will bring water out of the rock for them. Let the people and their animals drink."

So Moses took the special stick from before the Lord, just as He had told him.

Edom would not let Israel pass through his country. So Israel turned away from him.

So Israel made a promise to the Lord, and said, "If You will give this people into my hand, I will destroy every part of their cities."

The Lord heard the voice of Israel, and gave them the Canaanites. Then Israel destroyed all of them and their cities. So the name of the place was called Hormah.

Then the Lord sent snakes with a bite of poison among the people. They bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.

So the people came to Moses and said, "We have sinned, because we have spoken against the Lord and you. Pray to the Lord, that He will take away the snakes from us." So Moses prayed for the people.

So Moses made a brass snake and put it up on the long piece of wood. If a snake bit any man, he would live when he looked at the brass snake.

So it is said in the Book of the Wars of the Lord: "Waheb in Suphah, and the valleys of the Arnon,

From there they went on to Beer. That is the well where the Lord said to Moses, "Gather the people together, so I may give them water."