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 \v 9 Each night the manna came down on the ground where their tents were, like dew from the sky.
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-\v 10 Moses heard all the Israelite people complaining as they were standing in the entrances of their tents. Yahweh became extremely angry, and Moses was also disappointed .
+\v 10 Moses heard all the Israelite people complaining as they were standing in the entrances of their tents. Yahweh became extremely angry, and Moses was also disappointed.
 
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 \v 11 He went into the sacred tent and asked Yahweh, "Why have you brought this trouble on me, your servant? Act mercifully to me! What wrong have I done, with the result that you have appointed me to take care of all of these people?
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-\v 1 One day Korah son of Izhar and a descendant of Levi's son Kohath, conspired with Dathan and Abiram, who were the sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth. They were all from the tribe of Reuben.
+\v 1 One day Korah, son of Izhar and a descendant of Levi's son Kohath, conspired with Dathan and Abiram, who were the sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth. They were all from the tribe of Reuben.
 \v 2 Those four men incited 250 other people who were leaders among the Israelite people to join them in rebelling against Moses.
 \v 3 They came together to criticize Aaron and Moses. They said to them, "You two are using more authority than you should! Yahweh has set apart all of us Israelite people, and he is with all of us. So why do you act as though you were more important than the rest of us people who belong to Yahweh?"
 
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 \v 8 Then Moses spoke again to Korah. He said, "You men who are descendants of Levi, listen to me!
-\v 9 You know that Yahweh, the God of Israel has chosen you Levites from the community of Israel so you can work for him at his sacred tent and serve the people. Does that seem to you like a small thing for you to do?
+\v 9 You know that Yahweh, the God of Israel, has chosen you Levites from the community of Israel so you can work for him at his sacred tent and serve the people. Does that seem to you like a small thing for you to do?
 \v 10 Yahweh has brought you, Korah, and your fellow descendants of Levi, near to himself. Now are you demanding to become priests also?
 \v 11 It is really Yahweh against whom you and your fellow descendants of Levi are rebelling. Aaron is not the one about whom you are really complaining."
 
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-\v 41 But the following morning, all the Israelite people started to complain against Aaron and Moses saying "You have killed many people who belonged to Yahweh!"
+\v 41 But the following morning, all the Israelite people started to complain against Aaron and Moses, saying, "You have killed many people who belonged to Yahweh!"
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 \v 42 When all the people gathered together to protest about what Aaron and Moses had done, they looked at the sacred tent and saw that the sacred cloud had covered it, and the glory of Yahweh had appeared.
 \v 43 Aaron and Moses went and stood in front of the sacred tent.
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 \v 3 There must be one stick for the leader of each tribe, so you must carve Aaron's name on the stick for the tribe of Levi.
 \v 4 Put those walking sticks inside the sacred tent, in front of the sacred chest that has in it the tablets on which the Ten Commandments are written. That is the place where I always talk with you.
-\v 5 Buds will sprout on the stick of the man whom I have chosen to be the priest. When the people see that, they will stop their constantly complaining about you because they will realize that he is the one whom I have chosen."
+\v 5 Buds will sprout on the stick of the man whom I have chosen to be the priest. When the people see that, they will stop their constant complaining about you because they will realize that he is the one whom I have chosen."
 
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 \v 6 I myself have chosen the descendants of Levi from the other Israelites in order that they may be your special helpers. They are like a gift that I have given you to work at the sacred tent.
-\v 7 But it is you and your sons, who are the priests, who must perform all the details I have commanded concerning the altar and with what happens inside the Very Holy Place. I am giving to you this work of serving as priests. So anyone else who tries to do that work must be executed."
+\v 7 But it is you and your sons, who are the priests, who must perform all the details I have commanded concerning the altar and with what happens inside the very holy place. I am giving to you this work of serving as priests. So anyone else who tries to do that work must be executed."
 
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 \v 8 Yahweh also said to Aaron, "I myself have appointed you to take care of all the sacred offerings that the Israelite people bring to me. I have given all these sacred offerings to you and to your sons. You and your descendants will get a share of these offerings permanently.
-\v 9 The parts of the offerings that are not completely burned on the altar belong to you. Those parts of the sacred offerings, including the flour offerings, the offerings to make atonement for sins and to remove the guilt of sins, are set apart, and are to be given to you and your sons.
+\v 9 The parts of the offerings that are not completely burned on the altar belong to you. Those parts of the sacred offerings, including the flour offerings and the offerings to make atonement for sins and to remove the guilt of sins, are set apart and are to be given to you and your sons.
 
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 \v 10 You are to eat it as a most holy offering. Every male in your clan may eat it. But you must have respect for those offerings because they are holy to you.
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-\v 14 Everything in Israel that is devoted to me, will be yours.
+\v 14 Everything in Israel that is devoted to me will be yours.
 \v 15 The firstborn males, both humans and domestic animals, that are offered to me, will be yours. But people must buy back their firstborn sons and the firstborn animals that may not be used for sacrifices.
 \v 16 They must buy them back when they are one month old. The price that they must pay for each one is five pieces of silver. They must weigh the silver on the scales that are in the sacred tent.
 
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 \v 21 When the Israelite people bring to me a tenth of all the crops and of their newborn animals, I will give that to you descendants of Levi. That will be your payment for the work you do at the sacred tent.
-\v 22 The other Israelites must not go near that tent. If they go near it, I will consider that their doing that is a sin, and they will die for committing that sin.
+\v 22 The other Israelites must not go near that tent. If they go near it, I will consider their doing that is a sin, and they will die for committing that sin.
 
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 \v 23 Only the descendants of Levi are permitted to work at the sacred tent, and they will be punished if anything bad happens to it. That is a law that will never be changed. You descendants of Levi will not receive any land to own among all the other Israelite people.
-\v 24 The Israelites must present one tenth of all their crops and animals as offerings to me, and that is what I give to the descendents of Levi so they can provide for themselves. This is why I said that I will not give the descendants of Levi any land to own.
+\v 24 The Israelites must present one tenth of all their crops and animals as offerings to me, and that is what I give to the descendants of Levi so they can provide for themselves. This is why I said that I will not give the descendants of Levi any land to own.
 
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 \v 12 But Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses, "You did not trust me or honor me before the people of Israel, and so you will not lead them into the land I have given to them!"
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-\v 13 Later this place was called the Meribah, which means 'arguing', because there the Israelite people argued against Yahweh, and there he showed his honor and holiness to them by giving them water.
+\v 13 Later this place was called Meribah, which means 'arguing,' because there the Israelite people argued against Yahweh, and there he showed his honor and holiness to them by giving them water.
 
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 \v 25 Now you, Moses, take Aaron and his son Eleazar up on Mount Hor.
-\v 26 There you must remove Aaron's clothes that he wears when he does the works of a priest, and put them on his son, Eleazar. Aaron will die up there."
+\v 26 There you must remove Aaron's clothes that he wears when he does the work of a priest, and put them on his son, Eleazar. Aaron will die up there."
 
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