(The people of Israel (A)journeyed from Beeroth Bene-jaakan[a] to Moserah. (B)There Aaron died, and there he was buried. And his son Eleazar ministered as priest in his place. (C)From there they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with brooks of water. At that time (D)the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi (E)to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord (F)to stand before the Lord to minister to him and (G)to bless in his name, to this day. (H)Therefore Levi has no portion or inheritance with his brothers. The Lord is his inheritance, as the Lord your God said to him.)

10 (I)“I myself stayed on the mountain, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights, (J)and the Lord listened to me that time also. The Lord was unwilling to destroy you. 11 (K)And the Lord said to me, ‘Arise, go on your journey at the head of the people, so that they may go in and possess the land, which I swore to their fathers to give them.’

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  1. Deuteronomy 10:6 Or the wells of the Bene-jaakan

(The people of Israel set out from the wells of the people of Jaakan[a] and traveled to Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried. His son Eleazar ministered as high priest in his place. Then they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from there to Jotbathah, a land with many brooks and streams. At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant, and to stand before the Lord as his ministers, and to pronounce blessings in his name. These are their duties to this day. That is why the Levites have no share of property or possession of land among the other Israelite tribes. The Lord himself is their special possession, as the Lord your God told them.)

10 “As for me, I stayed on the mountain in the Lord’s presence for forty days and nights, as I had done the first time. And once again the Lord listened to my pleas and agreed not to destroy you. 11 Then the Lord said to me, ‘Get up and resume the journey, and lead the people to the land I swore to give to their ancestors, so they may take possession of it.’

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  1. 10:6 Or set out from Beeroth of Bene-jaakan.