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Moses and Aaron took these men who had been named,
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So Moses took the redemption money from those who were over and above those redeemed by the Levites.
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From the firstborn of the people of Israel he took the money, 1,365 shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary.
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So Moses took the wagons and the oxen and gave them to the Levites.
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Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and took some of the Spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders. And as soon as the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied. But they did not continue doing it.
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Korah's Rebellion
Now Korah the son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men.
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So every man took his censer and put fire in them and laid incense on them and stood at the entrance of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron.
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So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, which those who were burned had offered, and they were hammered out as a covering for the altar,
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So Aaron took it as Moses said and ran into the midst of the assembly. And behold, the plague had already begun among the people. And he put on the incense and made atonement for the people.
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Then Moses brought out all the staffs from before the Lord to all the people of Israel. And they looked, and each man took his staff.
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And Moses took the staff from before the Lord, as he commanded him.
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Arad Destroyed
When the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the Negeb, heard that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim, he fought against Israel, and took some of them captive.
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And Israel defeated him with the edge of the sword and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as to the Ammonites, for the border of the Ammonites was strong.
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And Israel took all these cities, and Israel settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages.
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Balaam's Donkey and the Angel
But God's anger was kindled because he went, and the angel of the Lord took his stand in the way as his adversary. Now he was riding on the donkey, and his two servants were with him.
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And in the morning Balak took Balaam and brought him up to Bamoth-baal, and from there he saw a fraction of the people.
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And Balaam took up his discourse and said, “From Aram Balak has brought me, the king of Moab from the eastern mountains: ‘Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, denounce Israel!’
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And Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have done nothing but bless them.”
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And he took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
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And Balaam took up his discourse and said, “Rise, Balak, and hear; give ear to me, O son of Zippor:
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So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the desert.
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and he took up his discourse and said, “The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor, the oracle of the man whose eye is opened,
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Balaam's Final Oracle
And he took up his discourse and said, “The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor, the oracle of the man whose eye is opened,
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Then he looked on Amalek and took up his discourse and said, “Amalek was the first among the nations, but its end is utter destruction.”
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And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his discourse and said, “Enduring is your dwelling place, and your nest is set in the rock.
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And he took up his discourse and said, “Alas, who shall live when God does this?
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When Phinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose and left the congregation and took a spear in his hand
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And Moses did as the Lord commanded him. He took Joshua and made him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation,
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And the people of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones, and they took as plunder all their cattle, their flocks, and all their goods.
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and took all the spoil and all the plunder, both of man and of beast.
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Now the plunder remaining of the spoil that the army took was 675,000 sheep,
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from the people of Israel's half Moses took one of every 50, both of persons and of beasts, and gave them to the Levites who kept guard over the tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.