... > Bible > Old Testament > Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua: from the bondage of the Israelites in Egypt to their settlement in Canaan > Numbers: the wandering in the wilderness, the Israelites leave Mount Sinai and reach Canaan > Numbers (part I): from Mount Sinai to Kadesh > preparations to leave Mount Sinai (Numbers 1-9:14) > the Levites are appointed to serve the priests > the Levites take the place of the first-born sons