Numbers 18:7

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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.

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  • 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.
  • Num 3:38 : 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 16:5-7 : 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. 6 So do this: let Korah and all his band take vessels for burning perfumes; 7 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.
  • 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 18:4-5 : 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.
  • Num 18:20 : 20 And the Lord said to Aaron, You will have no heritage in their land, or any part among them; I am your part and your heritage among the children of Israel.
  • 1 Sam 2:28 : 28 Did 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?
  • John 3:27 : 27 And this was John's answer: A man is unable to have anything if it is not given to him from heaven.
  • Rom 15:15-16 : 15 But I have, in some measure, less fear in writing to you to put these things before you again, because of the grace which was given to me by God, 16 To be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, doing the work of a priest in the good news of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be pleasing to God, being made holy by the Holy Spirit.
  • Eph 3:8 : 8 To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, so that I might make clear to the Gentiles the good news of the unending wealth of Christ:
  • Heb 5:4 : 4 And no man who is not given authority by God, as Aaron was, takes this honour for himself.
  • Heb 9:3-6 : 3 And inside the second veil was the place which is named the Holy of holies; 4 Having a vessel of gold in it for burning perfumes, and the ark of the agreement, which was covered with gold and which had in it a pot made of gold for the manna, and Aaron's rod which put out buds, and the stones with the writing of the agreement; 5 And over it were the winged ones of glory with their wings covering the mercy-seat; about which it is not possible now to say anything in detail. 6 Now while these things were in existence, the priests went into the first Tent at all times, for prayer and the making of offerings.
  • Exod 29:9 : 9 And put the linen bands round Aaron and his sons, and the head-dresses on them, to make them priests by my order for ever: so you are to make Aaron and his sons holy to me.
  • Lev 16:2 : 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.
  • Lev 16:12-14 : 12 And 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; 13 And 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. 14 And let him take some of the blood of the ox, shaking drops of it from his finger on the cover of the ark on the east side, and before it, seven times.
  • 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 3:9-11
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    89%

    9 Give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; so that they may be his without question from among the children of Israel.

    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 18:1-6
    6 verses
    84%

    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.

    3 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.

    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.

  • Num 3:38
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    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 18:8-9
    2 verses
    79%

    8 And the Lord said to Aaron, See, I have given into your care my lifted offerings; even all the holy things of the children of Israel I have given to you and to your sons as your right for ever, because you have been marked with the holy oil.

    9 This is to be yours of the most holy things, out of the fire offerings; every offering of theirs, every meal offering and sin-offering, and every offering which they make on account of error, is to be most holy for you and your sons.

  • Num 8:19
    78%

    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.

  • Num 4:19
    78%

    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;

  • Num 1:51
    76%

    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 16:10
    76%

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

  • Num 8:13
    75%

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

  • Lev 8:35
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    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.

  • 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.

  • Exod 28:41
    75%

    41 These 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.

  • Exod 29:9
    75%

    9 And put the linen bands round Aaron and his sons, and the head-dresses on them, to make them priests by my order for ever: so you are to make Aaron and his sons holy to me.

  • Num 18:28
    74%

    28 So you are to make an offering lifted up to the Lord from all the tenths which you get from the children of Israel, giving out of it the Lord's lifted offering to Aaron the priest.

  • Exod 29:30
    74%

    30 For 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.

  • Num 3:4
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    4 And Nadab and Abihu were put to death before the Lord when they made an offering of strange fire before the Lord, in the waste land of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar did the work of priests before Aaron their father.

  • Lev 17:8
    74%

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

  • Exod 28:1
    74%

    1 Now let Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, come near from among the children of Israel, so that they may be my priests, even Aaron, and Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, his sons.

  • Num 4:17
    74%

    17 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

  • Lev 22:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

    17 And the Lord said to Moses,

    18 Say to Aaron and to his sons and to all the children of Israel, If any man of the children of Israel, or of another nation living in Israel, makes an offering, given because of an oath or freely given to the Lord for a burned offering;

  • Num 18:22-23
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 13:9
    74%

    9 And 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 22:2
    74%

    2 Give orders to Aaron and to his sons to keep themselves separate from the holy things of the children of Israel which they give to me, and not to make my holy name common: I am the Lord,

  • Exod 28:35
    74%

    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 7:31
    74%

    31 And the fat is to be burned by the priest on the altar, but the breast is for Aaron and his sons.

  • Lev 22:10
    74%

    10 No 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.

  • Ezek 44:15
    74%

    15 But as for the priests, the sons of Zadok, who took care of my holy place when the children of Israel were turned away from me, they are to come near me to do my work, they will take their places before me, offering to me the fat and the blood, says the Lord;

  • Exod 30:30
    73%

    30 And put the oil on Aaron and his sons, making them holy to do the work of priests to me.

  • Lev 6:22
    73%

    22 Every male among the priests may take it for his food: it is most holy.

  • Num 16:40
    73%

    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.

  • Lev 7:35
    73%

    35 This 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;

  • Num 18:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19 All the lifted offerings of the holy things which the children of Israel give to the Lord, I have given to you and to your sons and to your daughters as a right for ever. This is an agreement made with salt before the Lord, to you and to your seed for ever.

    20 And the Lord said to Aaron, You will have no heritage in their land, or any part among them; I am your part and your heritage among the children of Israel.

  • Exod 29:35
    73%

    35 All 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.

  • Num 18:32
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    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 8:11
    73%

    11 And Aaron is to give the Levites to the Lord as a wave offering from the children of Israel, so that they may do the Lord's work.

  • Deut 18:7
    73%

    7 Then he will do the work of a priest in the name of the Lord his God, with all his brothers the Levites who are there before the Lord.

  • Lev 16:2
    73%

    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.

  • Lev 10:13
    73%

    13 It is to be for your food in a holy place, because it is your right and your sons' right, from the offerings of the Lord made by fire: for so am I ordered.

  • Lev 21:1
    73%

    1 And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the priests, the sons of Aaron, Let no man make himself unclean for the dead among his people;