⁶ (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. ^7 (C)From there they set out to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of streams of water. ^8 (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. ^9 (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.’