Towards Better Davening and Torah Reading
In the opening pasuk in the sedra, we find another example of the potential misplaced pause. ...And Datan and Aviram the sons of Eliav (short pause) and On the son of Pelet (bigger pause after the TIPCHA) sons (descendants) of Reuven. Datan and Aviram as well as On were B'NEI REUVEN, so the pause after D&A b. Eliav has to be shorter than the pause after On b. Pelet, so that the longer pause helps it sound like all three were Reuvenites - which they were.

A very severe warning is sounded by several dikduk- minded commentaries for Bamidbar 17:28. If one does not pause well after G-d's name in the pasuk, but run it into the next word (check it out on your own), the result is a terrible thing to say. This is a dramatic example of the next to pause well after a TIPCHA, something that many careless or not-fully taught-well (or both) Baalei K'ri'a don't do well. Sometimes, not pausing in one place combined with over-pausing in another, leads to a distortion of the pasuk.