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"‘It is unclean for a man to marry his brother's wife. That man has shamed his brother, and they will have no children.

so the people will respect his children as his own. I am the Lord . I have set the high priest apart for his special job.'"

But if the priest's daughter becomes widowed or divorced, with no children to support her, and if she goes back to her father's house where she lived as a child, she may eat some of her father's food. But only people from a priest's family may eat this food.

Then he may leave you, take his children, and go back to his family and the land of his ancestors.

Also you may buy as slaves children from the families of foreigners living in your land. These child slaves will belong to you,

and you may even pass them on to your children after you die; you can make them slaves forever. But you must not rule cruelly over your own people, the Israelites.

"‘Even if no one buys him back, at the year of Jubilee, he and his children will become free.

"‘Then I will show kindness to you and let you have many children; I will keep my agreement with you.

I will send wild animals to attack you, and they will take your children away from you and destroy your cattle. They will make you so few in number the roads will be empty.

"I am choosing the Levites from all the Israelites to take the place of all the firstborn children of Israel. The Levites will be mine,

because the firstborn are mine. When you were in Egypt, I killed all the firstborn children of the Egyptians and took all the firstborn of Israel to be mine, both animals and children. They are mine. I am the Lord ."

Why is the Lord bringing us to this land to be killed with swords? Our wives and children will be taken away. We would be better off going back to Egypt."

‘The Lord doesn't become angry quickly, but he has great love. He forgives sin and law breaking. But the Lord never forgets to punish guilty people. When parents sin, he will also punish their children, their grandchildren, their great-grandchildren, and their great-great-grandchildren.'

But my servant Caleb thinks differently and follows me completely. So I will bring him into the land he has already seen, and his children will own that land.

You said that your children would be taken away, but I will bring them into the land to enjoy what you refused.

Your children will be shepherds here for forty years. Because you were not loyal, they will suffer until you lie dead in the desert.

So they moved away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Dathan and Abiram were standing outside their tents with their wives, children, and little babies.

Anything the Israelites present as holy gifts I, the Lord , give to you, your sons and daughters as your continual portion. This is a lasting agreement of salt before the Lord for you and your children forever."

but the children of Korah did not die.

The Israelites captured the Midianite women and children, and they took all their flocks, herds, and goods.