The Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-jaakan[a] to Moserah. Aaron died and was buried there, and Eleazar his son became priest in his place.(A) They traveled from there to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with flowing streams.(B)

“At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi(C) to carry the ark of the Lord’s covenant, to stand before the Lord to serve him, and to pronounce blessings in his name, as it is today. For this reason, Levi does not have a portion or inheritance like his brothers; the Lord is his inheritance, as the Lord your God told him.(D)

10 “I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights like the first time. The Lord also listened to me on this occasion;(E) he agreed not to annihilate you. 11 Then the Lord said to me, ‘Get up. Continue your journey ahead of the people, so that they may enter and possess the land I swore to give their ancestors.’(F)

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  1. 10:6 Or from the wells of Bene-jaakan, or from the wells of the Jaakanites

(Now the sons of Israel set out from [a]Beeroth (A)Bene-jaakan to Moserah. (B)There Aaron died and there he was buried, and his son Eleazar served as priest in his place. (C)From there they set out to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of streams of water. (D)At that time the Lord singled out the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord (E)to serve Him and to bless in His name, until this day. (F)Therefore, Levi does not have a portion or inheritance with his brothers; the Lord is his inheritance, just as the Lord your God spoke to him.)

10 (G)I, moreover, stayed on the mountain for forty days and forty nights like the first time, and the Lord listened to me that time also; the Lord was not willing to destroy you. 11 Then the Lord said to me, ‘Arise, proceed on your journey ahead of the people, so that they may go in and take possession of the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.’

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  1. Deuteronomy 10:6 Or the wells of the sons of Jaakan