And there was no water for the community, and so they gathered themselves together against Moses and Aaron.

So the entire company of Israelites ¹  traveled from Kadesh and came to Mount Hor. ² 

“Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all humankind, ¹  appoint ²  a man over the community,

there were 337,500 sheep from the portion belonging to the community,

then the community must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these decisions.

Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people! Let them praise him in the place where the leaders preside! ¹ 

the elders of the congregation must lay their hands on the head of the bull before the Lord, and someone must slaughter ¹  the bull before the Lord.

So Moses did just as the Lord commanded him, and the congregation assembled at the entrance of the Meeting Tent.

and rebelled against Moses, along with some of the Israelites, 250 leaders ¹  of the community, chosen from the assembly, ²  famous men. ³ 

And they stood before Moses and Eleazar the priest and the leaders of the whole assembly at the entrance to the tent of meeting and said,

The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh and there they set up the tent of meeting. ¹  Though they had subdued the land, ² 

Moses assembled the whole community of the Israelites and said to them, “These are the things that the Lord has commanded you to do. ¹ 

He must also take ¹  two male goats ²  from the congregation of the Israelites for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering.

“Speak to the whole congregation of the Israelites and tell them, ‘You must be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy.

“Take a census ¹  of the entire ²  Israelite community ³  by their clans and families, ⁴  counting the name of every individual male. ⁵ 

They are responsible for his needs ¹  and the needs of the whole community before the tent of meeting, by attending ²  to the service of the tabernacle.

So Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the community numbered the Kohathites by their families and by clans,

“How long must I bear ¹  with this evil congregation ²  that murmurs against me? I have heard the complaints of the Israelites that they murmured against me.

“Get away from this community, so that I can consume them in an instant!” But they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground. ¹ 

Then Moses raised his hand, and struck the rock twice with his staff. And water came out abundantly. So the community drank, and their beasts drank too.