^53 (A)But the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the testimony so that there will be ^(B)no wrath on the congregation of the sons of Israel. ^(C)So the Levites shall keep charge of the tabernacle of the testimony.”

²² But they fell on their faces and said, “O God, ^(A)God of the spirits of all flesh, ^(B)when one man sins, will You be angry with the entire congregation?”

⁴⁶ And Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer and put in it fire from the altar, and lay incense on it; then bring it quickly to the congregation and ^(A)make atonement for them, for ^(B)wrath has gone forth from Yahweh, the plague has begun!”

⁵ So you shall keep the ^(A)responsibility of the sanctuary and the responsibility of the altar, ^(B)so that there will no longer be wrath on the sons of Israel.

Israel Struck Down at Ai

7 ^(A)But the sons of Israel acted unfaithfully in regard to the things devoted to destruction. Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things; therefore the anger of Yahweh burned against the sons of Israel.

¹⁸ Yet you are turning away this day from following Yahweh. Now it will be that, if you rebel against Yahweh today, ^(A)He will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel tomorrow.

²⁰ Did not ^(A)Achan the son of Zerah act unfaithfully in the things devoted to destruction, and indignation fall on all the congregation of Israel? But he was not the only man to breathe his last in his iniquity.’”

David Sins in Taking a Census

24 ^(A)And ^(B)again the anger of Yahweh burned against Israel, and it incited David against them to say, “^(C)Go, number Israel and Judah.”