"Take a census of the whole Israelite community" Numbers 26:2
By Sally Berkovic
"When Balaam arose in the morning, he said to Balak's nobles, 'Go to your land'" Numbers 22:13
"He that touches the dead, even any man's dead body, shall be unclean for seven days" Numbers 19:11
By Rabbi Miriam Berger
"They gathered against Moses and Aaron and said to them… 'Why do you exalt yourselves over the congregation of God?'" Numbers 16:3
"When Moses repeated these words to the Israelites, the people were overcome with grief" Numbers 14.39
"Make for yourself two trumpets of silver" Numbers 10:2
"For the entire duration of his abstinence, he shall not eat any product of the grape vine, from seeds to skins" Bemidbar 6:4
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"The children of Israel shall pitch according to their fathers' houses; every man with his own standard, according to their insignia" Numbers 2:2
"And I shall give peace in the land and you shall lie down without fear... and no sword shall cross your land" Leviticus 26:6
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"But in the seventh year the land shall have a Sabbath of complete rest" Leviticus 25.4
"And you shall count from the morrow of the Sabbath" Leviticus 23:15
"Speak to the congregation of the Children of Israel and say to them: 'You shall be holy'" Leviticus 19:2
"And the seventh day shall be a sacred occasion for you: you shall not work at your occupation" Numbers 28:25
"Behold! I send you Elijah the prophet, before the great and awesome day of the Lord" Malachi 3:23
"The owner of the house shall come and tell the priest, 'Something like a plague has appeared upon my house'" Leviticus 14.35
"This month shall be unto you the beginning of months" Exodus 12:2