⁶ “And the Israelites^[a] journeyed from the wells of Bene-Yaqan to Moserah; there Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar, his son, served as a priest in place of him. ⁷ From there they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land flowing with streams of water. ⁸ At that time Yahweh set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to stand before^[b] Yahweh, to serve him and to bless the people in his name until this day. ⁹ Therefore there was not^[c] for Levi an allotment or an inheritance along with his brothers; rather Yahweh is his inheritance just as Yahweh your God promised^[d] to him.

¹⁰ And I stayed on the mountain just as during the former forty days^[e] and forty nights,^[f] and Yahweh listened to me also on that occasion;^[g] Yahweh was not willing to destroy you. ¹¹ And Yahweh said to me, ‘Come, continue^[h] your journey before the people, ^[i] so that you may go and take possession of the land that I swore to their ancestors^[j] to give to them.’