⁶ (Now the children of Israel journeyed from the wells of Bene Jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron ^(A)died, and where he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered as priest in his ^[a]stead. ^7 (B)From there they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of ^[b]rivers of water. ⁸ At that time ^(C)the Lord ^[c]separated the tribe of Levi ^(D)to bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, ^(E)to stand before the Lord to minister to Him and ^(F)to bless in His name, to this day. ^9 (G)Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brethren; the Lord is his inheritance, just as the Lord your God promised him.)

¹⁰ “As at the first time, ^(H)I stayed in the mountain forty days and forty nights; ^(I)the Lord also heard me at that time, and the Lord chose not to destroy you. ^11 (J)Then the Lord said to me, ‘Arise, begin your journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.’