Numbers 16:7

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And put spices on the fire in them before the Lord tomorrow; then the man marked out by the Lord will be holy: you take overmuch on yourselves, you sons of Levi.

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  • Num 16:3 : 3 They came together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, You take overmuch on yourselves, seeing that all the people are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them; why then have you put yourselves in authority over the people of the Lord?
  • Num 16:5 : 5 And he said to Korah and his band, In the morning the Lord will make clear who are his, and who is holy, and who may come near him: the man of his selection will be caused to come near him.
  • 1 Kgs 18:17-18 : 17 And when he saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, Is it you, you troubler of Israel? 18 Then he said in answer, I have not been troubling Israel, but you and your family; because, turning away from the orders of the Lord, you have gone after the Baals.
  • Matt 21:23-27 : 23 And when he had come into the Temple, the chief priests and those in authority over the people came to him while he was teaching, and said, By what authority do you do these things? and who gave you this authority? 24 And Jesus said to them in answer, I will put one question to you, and if you give me the answer, I will say by what authority I do these things. 25 The baptism of John, where did it come from? from heaven or from men? And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say to us, Why then did you not have faith in him? 26 But if we say, From men; we are in fear of the people, because all take John to be a prophet. 27 And they made answer and said, We have no idea. Then he said to them, And I will not say to you by what authority I do these things.
  • Eph 1:4 : 4 Even as he made selection of us in him from the first, so that we might be holy and free from all evil before him in love:
  • 2 Thess 2:13 : 13 But it is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, loved by the Lord, because it was the purpose of God from the first that you might have salvation, being made holy by the Spirit and by faith in what is true:
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 16:5-6
    2 verses
    85%

    5And he said to Korah and his band, In the morning the Lord will make clear who are his, and who is holy, and who may come near him: the man of his selection will be caused to come near him.

    6So do this: let Korah and all his band take vessels for burning perfumes;

  • Num 16:8-10
    3 verses
    81%

    8And Moses said to Korah, Give ear now, you sons of Levi:

    9Does it seem only a small thing to you that the God of Israel has made you separate from the rest of Israel, letting you come near himself to do the work of the House of the Lord, and to take your place before the people to do what has to be done for them;

    10Letting you, and all your brothers the sons of Levi, come near to him? and would you now be priests?

  • Num 16:16-18
    3 verses
    80%

    16And Moses said to Korah, You and all your band are to come before the Lord tomorrow, you and they and Aaron:

    17And let every man take a vessel for burning perfumes, and put sweet spices in them; let every man take his vessel before the Lord, two hundred and fifty vessels; you and Aaron and everyone with his vessel.

    18So every man took his vessel and they put fire in them, with spices, and came to the door of the Tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron.

  • 2 Chr 29:11
    77%

    11My sons, take care now: for you have been marked out by the Lord to come before him and to be his servants, burning offerings to him.

  • Num 16:35-38
    4 verses
    77%

    35Then fire came out from the Lord, burning up the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the perfume.

    36And the Lord said to Moses,

    37Say to Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, that he is to take out of the flames the vessels with the perfumes in them, turning the fire out of them, for they are holy;

    38And let the vessels of those men, who with their lives have made payment for their sin, be hammered out into plates as a cover for the altar; for they have been offered before the Lord and are holy; so that they may be a sign to the children of Israel.

  • Num 16:40
    76%

    40To be a sign, kept in memory for ever by the children of Israel, that no man who is not of the seed of Aaron has the right of burning spices before the Lord, so that he may not be like Korah and his band: as the Lord said to him by the mouth of Moses.

  • Lev 16:12-13
    2 verses
    75%

    12And he is to take a vessel full of burning coal from the altar before the Lord and in his hand some sweet perfume crushed small, and take it inside the veil;

    13And let him put the perfume on the fire before the Lord so that the ark may be covered with a cloud of the smoke of the perfume, in order that death may not overtake him.

  • Num 4:17
    74%

    17And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

  • Deut 18:5
    73%

    5For he, and his sons after him for ever, have been marked out by the Lord your God from all your tribes, to do the work of priests in the name of the Lord.

  • Lev 1:7
    73%

    7And Aaron's sons, the priests, are to put fire on the altar and put the wood in order on the fire:

  • Num 8:13
    73%

    13Then the Levites are to be put before Aaron and his sons, to be offered as a wave offering to the Lord.

  • Num 3:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5And the Lord said to Moses,

    6Make the tribe of Levi come near, and put them before Aaron the priest, to be his helpers,

  • Num 16:20
    72%

    20And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

  • Num 18:6
    72%

    6Now, see, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the children of Israel: they are given to you and to the Lord, to do the work of the Tent of meeting.

  • Num 3:11
    72%

    11And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Exod 30:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7And on this altar sweet spices are to be burned by Aaron every morning when he sees to the lights.

    8And every evening, when he puts the lights up in their places, the spices are to be burned, a sweet-smelling smoke going up before the Lord from generation to generation for ever.

  • Num 16:3
    72%

    3They came together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, You take overmuch on yourselves, seeing that all the people are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them; why then have you put yourselves in authority over the people of the Lord?

  • 2 Chr 13:9
    72%

    9And after driving out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron and the Levites, have you not made priests for yourselves as the people of other lands do? so that anyone who comes to make himself priest by offering an ox or seven sheep, may be a priest of those who are no gods.

  • Lev 22:17
    72%

    17And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Num 16:46
    72%

    46And Moses said to Aaron, Take your vessel and put in it fire from the altar, and sweet spices, and take it quickly into the meeting of the people, and make them free from sin: for wrath has gone out from the Lord, and the disease is starting.

  • Lev 6:19
    71%

    19The priest by whom it is offered for sin, is to take it for his food in a holy place, in the open space of the Tent of meeting.

  • Lev 10:1
    71%

    1And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their vessels and put fire in them and perfume, burning strange fire before the Lord, which he had not given them orders to do.

  • 1 Chr 15:12
    71%

    12And said to them, You are the heads of the families of the Levites: make yourselves holy, you and your brothers, so that you may take the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place which I have made ready for it.

  • Num 4:19
    71%

    19But do this to them, so that life and not death may be theirs when they come near the most holy things; let Aaron and his sons go in and give to every one his work and that which he is to take up;

  • Josh 7:14
    71%

    14So in the morning you are to come near, tribe by tribe; and the tribe marked out by the Lord is to come near, family by family; and the family marked out by the Lord is to come near, house by house; and the house marked out by the Lord is to come near, man by man.

  • Exod 40:27
    71%

    27Burning sweet perfumes on it, as the Lord had given him orders.

  • Num 8:6
    71%

    6Take the Levites out from among the children of Israel and make them clean.

  • Exod 29:1
    71%

    1This is what you are to do to make them holy, to do the work of priests to me: Take one young ox and two male sheep, without any mark on them,

  • Lev 7:35
    71%

    35This is the holy part given to Aaron and to his sons, out of the offerings made to the Lord by fire, on the day when they were made priests before the Lord;

  • Lev 22:1
    71%

    1And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Exod 28:41
    71%

    41These you are to put on Aaron, your brother, and on his sons, putting oil on them, separating them and making them holy, to do the work of priests to me.

  • Num 8:15
    71%

    15After that, the Levites will go in to do whatever has to be done in the Tent of meeting; you are to make them clean and give them as a wave offering.

  • Num 18:2
    71%

    2Let your brothers, the family of Levi, come near with you, so that they may be joined with you and be your servants: but you and your sons with you are to go in before the ark of witness.

  • Exod 29:30
    70%

    30For seven days the son who becomes priest in his place will put them on when he comes into the Tent of meeting to do the work of the holy place.

  • 1 Sam 2:28
    70%

    28Did I take him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest and to go up to my altar to make the smoke of the offerings go up and to take up the ephod? Did I give to your father's family all the offerings made by fire by the children of Israel?

  • Lev 3:5
    70%

    5That it may be burned by Aaron's sons on the altar, on the burned offering which is on the wood on the fire: it is an offering made by fire of a sweet smell to the Lord.

  • Exod 29:35
    70%

    35All these things you are to do to Aaron and his sons as I have given you orders: for seven days the work of making them priests is to go on.

  • Exod 30:37
    70%

    37You are not to make any perfume like it for yourselves: it is to be kept holy to the Lord.

  • 1 Chr 6:49
    70%

    49But Aaron and his sons made offerings on the altar of burned offering, and on the altar of perfume, for all the work of the most holy place, and to take away the sin of Israel, doing everything ordered by Moses, the servant of God.