Numbers 18:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • 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 3:10 : 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.
  • 1 Sam 6:19 : 19 But the Lord sent destruction on seventy men of the people of Beth-shemesh for looking into the ark of the Lord; and great was the sorrow of the people for the destruction which the Lord had sent on them.
  • 2 Sam 6:6-7 : 6 And when they came to Nacon's grain-floor, Uzzah put his hand on the ark of God to keep it safe in its place, for the oxen were out of control. 7 And the wrath of the Lord, burning against Uzzah, sent destruction on him because he had put his hand on the ark, and death came to him there by the ark of God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 18:2-3
    2 verses
    85%

    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.

    3They 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.

  • Num 18:5-7
    3 verses
    80%

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

    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.

    7And 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 3:38
    79%

    38And 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 18:22-23
    2 verses
    78%

    22In 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.

    23But 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 1:49-51
    3 verses
    78%

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

    50But 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.

    51And 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 3:7-8
    2 verses
    78%

    7In 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;

    8And 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 3:10
    78%

    10And 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.

  • Lev 22:10
    75%

    10No outside person may take of the holy food, or one living as a guest in the priest's house, or a servant working for payment.

  • Num 8:26
    75%

    26But 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.

  • 1 Chr 23:32
    74%

    32And 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.

  • Ezek 44:16
    74%

    16They 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.

  • Num 15:14-16
    3 verses
    74%

    14And if a man from another country or any other person living among you, through all your generations, has the desire to give an offering made by fire of a sweet smell to the Lord, let him do as you do.

    15There is to be one law for you and for the man of another country living with you, one law for ever from generation to generation; as you are, so is he to be before the Lord.

    16The law and the rule are to be the same for you and for those from other lands living with you.

  • Num 4:18-21
    4 verses
    74%

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

    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;

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

    21And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Num 1:53
    73%

    53But 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.

  • Lev 8:35
    73%

    35And 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.

  • Lev 19:33-34
    2 verses
    73%

    33And if a man from another country is living in your land with you, do not make life hard for him;

    34Let him be to you as one of your countrymen and have love for him as for yourself; for you were living in a strange land, in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

  • Num 16:40
    73%

    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 18:26
    73%

    26So then keep my rules and my decisions, and do not do any of these disgusting things, those of you who are Israelites by birth, or any others who are living with you:

  • Exod 29:33
    72%

    33All those things which were used as offerings to take away sin, and to make them holy to be priests, they may have for food: but no one who is not a priest may have them, for they are holy food.

  • Lev 17:8
    72%

    8And say to them, If any man of Israel, or any other living among them, makes a burned offering or other offering,

  • Num 9:14
    72%

    14And if a man from another country is among you and has a desire to keep the Passover to the Lord, let him do as is ordered in the law of the Passover: there is to be the same rule for the man from another nation and for him who had his birth in the land.

  • Ezek 44:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13And they will not come near me to do the work of priests to me, or come near any of my holy things, or the things which are most holy: but their shame will be on them, and the punishment for the disgusting things which they have done.

    14But I will make them responsible for the care of the house and all its work and everything which is done in it.

  • 2 Chr 23:6
    71%

    6But 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.

  • Isa 56:6
    71%

    6And as for those from a strange country, who are joined to the Lord, to give worship to him and honour to his name, to be his servants, even everyone who keeps the Sabbath holy, and keeps his agreement with me:

  • Num 8:9
    71%

    9And make the Levites come forward in front of the Tent of meeting, and let all the children of Israel come together:

  • Num 17:4
    71%

    4And let them be stored up in the Tent of meeting, in front of the ark of witness where I come to you.

  • Num 4:15
    71%

    15And 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.

  • Ezek 44:9
    71%

    9For this cause the Lord has said, No man from a strange land, without circumcision of heart and flesh, of all those who are living among the children of Israel, is to come into my holy place.

  • Lev 8:33
    70%

    33And you are not to go out from the door of the Tent of meeting for seven days, till the days for making you priest are ended; for this will be the work of seven days.

  • Num 4:4
    70%

    4And this is to be the work of the sons of Kohath in connection with the most holy things.

  • Num 8:15
    70%

    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.

  • Exod 12:48-49
    2 verses
    70%

    48And if a man from another country is living with you, and has a desire to keep the Passover to the Lord, let all the males of his family undergo circumcision, and then let him come near and keep it; for he will then be as one of your people; but no one without circumcision may keep it.

    49The law is the same for him who is an Israelite by birth and for the man from a strange country who is living with you.

  • Exod 12:43
    70%

    43And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, This is the law of the Passover: no man who is not an Israelite is to take of it:

  • Num 3:31
    70%

    31In 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 4:31
    70%

    31And this is their part in the work of the Tent of meeting: the transport of the boards and the rods of the Tent, with the pillars and their bases;