But the Egyptians mistreated and oppressed us, forcing us to do burdensome labor.

They put bitter poison ¹  into my food, and to quench my thirst they give me vinegar to drink. ² 

“But they refused to pay attention, turning away stubbornly and stopping their ears so they could not hear.

So I said to them, ‘Whoever has gold, break it off.’ So they gave it ¹  to me, and I threw it into the fire, and this calf came out.” ² 

They attached the two gold chains to the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece;

¹ Then all the community raised a loud cry, ²  and the people wept ³  that night.

Whenever the Israelites were strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them. ¹ 

They were allotted Hebron in the territory of Judah, as well as its surrounding pasturelands.

So the Israelites gave to the Levites these cities and their pasturelands.

(They gave their word ¹  to send away their wives; their guilt offering was a ram from the flock for their guilt.)

The nations – the surrounding regions – attacked him. They threw their net over him; he was caught in their pit.

and they cast lots for my people. They traded ¹  a boy for a prostitute; they sold a little girl for wine so they could drink. ² 

They handed it over to the construction foremen ¹  assigned to the Lord’s temple. They in turn paid the temple workers to restore and repair it. ² 

and they made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and they attached the two rings to the upper ¹  two ends of the breastpiece.

They made bells of pure gold and attached the bells between the pomegranates around the hem of the robe between the pomegranates.

They attached to it a blue cord, to attach it to the turban above, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

So everyone took his censer, put fire in it, and set incense on it, and stood at the entrance of the tent of meeting, with Moses and Aaron.

When they finished dividing the land into its regions, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun some land. ¹ 

So the Israelites assigned these cities and their grazing areas to the Levites from their own holdings, as the Lord had instructed.

So the Israelites assigned to the Levites by lot these cities and their grazing areas, as the Lord had instructed Moses.