^19 (A)And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the people of Israel, to do the service for the people of Israel at the tent of meeting and ^(B)to make atonement for the people of Israel, ^(C)that there may be no plague among the people of Israel when the people of Israel come near the sanctuary.”

^33 (A)While the meat was yet between their teeth, before it was consumed, the anger of the Lord was kindled against the people, and ^(B)the Lord struck down the people with a very great plague.

⁶ And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar his sons, ^(A)“Do not let the hair of your heads hang loose, and do not tear your clothes, lest you die, and ^(B)wrath come upon all the congregation; but let your brothers, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning that the Lord has kindled.

²⁴ Joab the son of Zeruiah began to count, but ^(A)did not finish. Yet ^(B)wrath came upon Israel for this, and the number was not entered in the chronicles of King David.