Numbers 18:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

They are to do your orders and be responsible for the work of the Tent; but they may not come near the vessels of the holy place or the altar, so that death may not overtake them or you.

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  • Num 4:15 : 15 And after the holy place and all its vessels have been covered up by Aaron and his sons, when the tents of the people go forward, the sons of Kohath are to come and take it up; but the holy things may not be touched by them for fear of death.
  • Num 4:19-20 : 19 But 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; 20 But they themselves are not to go in to see the holy place, even for a minute, for fear of death.
  • Num 16:40 : 40 To 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.
  • Num 3:25 : 25 In the Tent of meeting, the Gershonites are to have the care of the House, and the Tent with its cover, and the veil for the door of the Tent of meeting,
  • Num 3:31 : 31 In their care are the ark, and the table, and the lights, and the altars, and all the vessels used in the holy place, and the veil, and all they are used for.
  • Num 3:36 : 36 And in their care are to be all the boards of the Tent, with their rods and pillars and bases, and all the instruments, and all they are used for,
  • Num 1:51 : 51 And when the Tent of meeting goes forward, the Levites are to take it down; and when it is to be put up, they are to do it: any strange person who comes near it is to be put to death.
  • Num 18:7 : 7 And you and your sons with you are to be responsible as priests for the altar and everything on it, and everything inside the veil; you are to do the work of priests; I have given you your position as priests; and any other man who comes near will be put to death.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 18:4-7
    4 verses
    85%

    4 They are to be joined with you in the care of the Tent of meeting, doing whatever is needed for the Tent: and no one of any other family may come near you.

    5 You are to be responsible for the holy place and the altar, so that wrath may never again come on the children of Israel.

    6 Now, 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.

    7 And you and your sons with you are to be responsible as priests for the altar and everything on it, and everything inside the veil; you are to do the work of priests; I have given you your position as priests; and any other man who comes near will be put to death.

  • Num 18:22-23
    2 verses
    83%

    22 In future the children of Israel are not to come near the Tent of meeting, so that death may not come to them because of sin.

    23 But the Levites are to do the work of the Tent of meeting, and be responsible for errors in connection with it: this is a law for ever through all your generations; and among the children of Israel they will have no heritage.

  • Num 3:6-8
    3 verses
    83%

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

    7 In order that they may be responsible to him and to all Israel for the care of the Tent of meeting, and to do the work of the House;

    8 And they will have the care of all the vessels of the Tent of meeting, and will do for the children of Israel all the necessary work of the House.

  • Num 18:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

    1 And the Lord said to Aaron, You and your sons and your father's family are to be responsible for all wrongdoing in relation to the holy place: and you and your sons are to be responsible for the errors which come about in your work as priests.

    2 Let 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.

  • Num 4:17-21
    5 verses
    81%

    17 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

    18 Do not let the family of the Kohathites be cut off from among the Levites;

    19 But 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;

    20 But they themselves are not to go in to see the holy place, even for a minute, for fear of death.

    21 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Num 3:38
    80%

    38 And those whose tents are to be placed on the east side of the House in front of the Tent of meeting, looking to the dawn, are Moses and Aaron and his sons, who will do the work of the holy place for the children of Israel; and any strange person who comes near will be put to death.

  • Num 1:49-51
    3 verses
    80%

    49 Only the tribe of Levi is not to be numbered among the children of Israel,

    50 But to them you are to give the care of the Tent of meeting with its vessels and everything in it: they are to take up the Tent, and be responsible for everything to do with it, and put up their tents round it.

    51 And when the Tent of meeting goes forward, the Levites are to take it down; and when it is to be put up, they are to do it: any strange person who comes near it is to be put to death.

  • 1 Chr 23:32
    79%

    32 And they had the care of the Tent of meeting and the holy place, under the direction of the sons of Aaron their brothers, for the work of the house of the Lord.

  • Num 8:26
    79%

    26 But be with their brothers in the Tent of meeting, taking care of it but doing no work. This is what you are to do in connection with the Levites and their work.

  • Num 3:31-32
    2 verses
    78%

    31 In their care are the ark, and the table, and the lights, and the altars, and all the vessels used in the holy place, and the veil, and all they are used for.

    32 Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, will be head over all the Levites and overseer of those responsible for the care of the holy place.

  • Num 4:15
    78%

    15 And after the holy place and all its vessels have been covered up by Aaron and his sons, when the tents of the people go forward, the sons of Kohath are to come and take it up; but the holy things may not be touched by them for fear of death.

  • Lev 8:35
    77%

    35 And you are to keep watch for the Lord at the door of the Tent of meeting day and night for seven days, so that death may not come to you: for so he has given me orders.

  • Num 3:10-11
    2 verses
    77%

    10 And give orders that Aaron and his sons are to keep their place as priests; any strange person who comes near is to be put to death.

    11 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Num 18:32
    77%

    32 And no sin will be yours on account of it, when the best of it has been lifted up on high; you are not to make a wrong use of the holy things of the children of Israel, so that death may not overtake you.

  • Num 1:53
    77%

    53 But the tents of the Levites are to be round the Tent of meeting, so that wrath may not come on the children of Israel: the Tent of meeting is to be in the care of the Levites.

  • Exod 30:20
    77%

    20 Whenever they go into the Tent of meeting they are to be washed with water, to keep them from death; and whenever they come near to do the work of the altar, or to make an offering by fire to the Lord,

  • Ezek 44:16
    76%

    16 They are to come into my holy place and they are to come near to my table, to do my work and have the care of my house.

  • Exod 28:43
    75%

    43 Aaron and his sons are to put these on whenever they go into the Tent of meeting or come near the altar, when they are doing the work of the holy place, so that they may be free from any sin causing death: this is to be an order for him and his seed after him for ever.

  • Lev 22:9
    75%

    9 So then, let them keep what I have put into their care, for fear that sin may come on them because of it, so causing their death because they have made it common: I am the Lord, who make them holy.

  • 2 Chr 23:6
    75%

    6 But let no one come into the house of the Lord but only the priests and those of the Levites who have work to do there; they may go in for they are holy; but the rest of the people are to keep the orders of the Lord.

  • Lev 21:23
    74%

    23 But he may not go inside the veil or come near the altar, because he is damaged; and he may not make my holy places common; for I the Lord have made them holy.

  • Lev 10:7
    74%

    7 And do not go out from the door of the Tent of meeting, or death will come to you; for the holy oil of the Lord is on you. And they did as Moses said.

  • Num 17:13
    73%

    13 Death will overtake everyone who comes near, who comes near the House of the Lord: are we all to come to destruction?

  • Lev 15:31
    73%

    31 In this way may the children of Israel be made free from all sorts of unclean conditions, so that death may not overtake them when they are unclean and when they make unclean my holy place which is among them.

  • Exod 19:22
    73%

    22 And let the priests who come near to the Lord make themselves holy, for fear that the Lord may come on them suddenly.

  • Exod 30:29
    73%

    29 And you are to make them most holy; anything touching them will become holy.

  • Num 8:15
    73%

    15 After 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.

  • Exod 28:35
    73%

    35 Aaron is to put it on for his holy work; and the sound of it will be clear, when he goes into the holy place before the Lord, and when he comes out, keeping him safe from death.

  • Lev 22:15
    72%

    15 And they may not make common the holy things which the children of Israel give to the Lord,

  • Num 8:19
    72%

    19 And I have given them to Aaron and to his sons, from among the children of Israel, to undertake for them all the work of the Tent of meeting, and to take away sin from the children of Israel so that no evil may come on them when they come near the holy place.

  • Lev 16:2
    72%

    2 The Lord said to Moses, Say to Aaron, your brother, that he may not come at all times into the holy place inside the veil, before the cover which is on the ark, for fear that death may overtake him; for I will be seen in the cloud on the cover of the ark.

  • Num 16:10
    72%

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

  • Num 8:22
    72%

    22 And then the Levites went in to do their work in the Tent of meeting before Aaron and his sons: all the orders which the Lord had given Moses about the Levites were put into effect.

  • 1 Chr 23:26
    72%

    26 And from now, there will be no need for the House of the Lord, and the vessels used in it, to be moved about by the Levites.

  • Num 7:9
    71%

    9 But to the sons of Kohath he gave nothing; because they had the care of the holy place, taking it about on their backs.