Numbers 3:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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;

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 1:50 : 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.
  • Num 8:11 : 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.
  • Num 8:15 : 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.
  • Num 8:24-26 : 24 This is the rule for the Levites: those of twenty-five years old and over are to go in and do the work of the Tent of meeting; 25 But after they are fifty years old, they are to give up their work and do no more; 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 31:30 : 30 And from the part given to the children of Israel, take one out of every fifty, from the persons, and from the oxen and asses and sheep, and give it to the Levites who have the care of the House of the Lord.
  • 1 Chr 23:28-32 : 28 Their place was by the side of the sons of Aaron in all the work of the house of the Lord, in the open spaces and in the rooms, in the making clean of all the holy things, in doing all the work of the house of the Lord, 29 The holy bread was in their care, and the crushed grain for the meal offering, of unleavened cakes or meal cooked over the fire or in water; they had control of all sorts of weights and measures; 30 They had to take their places every morning to give praise and make melody to the Lord, and in the same way at evening; 31 At every offering of burned offerings to the Lord, on Sabbaths, and at the new moons, and on the regular feasts, in the number ordered by the law, at all times before the Lord; 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.
  • 1 Chr 26:20 : 20 And the Levites their brothers were responsible for the stores of the house of God and the holy things.
  • 1 Chr 26:22 : 22 The sons of Jehieli: Zetham and Joel, his brother, had the care of the stores of the house of the Lord.
  • 1 Chr 26:26 : 26 Shelomoth and his brothers were responsible for all the store of holy things which David the king and the heads of families, the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and the captains of the army, had given to the Lord.
  • Num 3:32 : 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 3:8-9
    2 verses
    92%

    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.

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

  • 1 Chr 23:32
    85%

    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 3:6
    84%

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

  • Num 18:2-6
    5 verses
    83%

    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 8:26
    82%

    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 1:50-51
    2 verses
    81%

    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.

  • Num 3:31-32
    2 verses
    81%

    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 1:53
    80%

    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.

  • Num 7:5
    79%

    5 Take the things from them, to be used for the work of the Tent of meeting; and give them to the Levites, to every man what is needed for his work.

  • Num 8:22
    79%

    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.

  • Num 8:15
    78%

    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.

  • Num 18:23
    78%

    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 8:9
    76%

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

  • Num 3:25
    76%

    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,

  • Deut 18:7
    76%

    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 8:35
    76%

    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 4:19
    75%

    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 4:27-28
    2 verses
    75%

    27 From the mouth of Aaron and his sons the Gershonites will have word about all the things they are to do and take up; you are to give them their orders.

    28 This is the work of the family of the Gershonites in the Tent of meeting, and they will be under the direction of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.

  • Ezek 44:14
    75%

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

  • Num 8:11
    75%

    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.

  • Ezek 44:16
    75%

    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.

  • Num 3:36
    75%

    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,

  • 1 Chr 6:48
    75%

    48 And their brothers the Levites were responsible for all the work of the Tent of the house of God.

  • Num 3:38
    74%

    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 4:31
    74%

    31 And 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;

  • Num 18:21
    74%

    21 And to the children of Levi I have given as their heritage all the tenths offered in Israel, as payment for the work they do, the work of the Tent of meeting.

  • Deut 10:8
    74%

    8 At that time the Lord had the tribe of Levi marked out to take up the ark of the Lord's agreement, to be before the Lord and to do his work and to give blessings in his name, to this day.

  • 1 Chr 9:27
    74%

    27 Their sleeping-rooms were round the house of God, for they had the care of it, and were responsible for opening it morning by morning.

  • Num 4:37
    74%

    37 This is the number of those of the Kohathites who did the work in the Tent of meeting, as they were numbered by Moses and Aaron at the order of the Lord.

  • Num 8:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

    20 All these things Moses and Aaron and the children of Israel did to the Levites; as the Lord gave orders to Moses about the Levites, so the children of Israel did.

  • 1 Chr 23:28
    73%

    28 Their place was by the side of the sons of Aaron in all the work of the house of the Lord, in the open spaces and in the rooms, in the making clean of all the holy things, in doing all the work of the house of the Lord,

  • Exod 27:21
    73%

    21 Let Aaron and his sons put this in order, evening and morning, before the Lord, inside the Tent of meeting, outside the veil which is before the ark; this is to be an order for ever, from generation to generation, to be kept by the children of Israel.

  • Num 3:11
    73%

    11 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Ezek 44:11
    73%

    11 But they may be caretakers in my holy place, and overseers at the doors of the house, doing the work of the house: they will put to death the burned offering and the beasts offered for the people, and they will take their place before them as their servants.

  • Num 2:17
    73%

    17 Then the Tent of meeting is to go forward, with the tents of the Levites, in the middle of the armies; in the same order as their tents are placed, they are to go forward, every man under his flag.

  • Num 4:24
    73%

    24 This is to be the work of the Gershonites, the things they are to do and take up.

  • Num 8:24
    72%

    24 This is the rule for the Levites: those of twenty-five years old and over are to go in and do the work of the Tent of meeting;

  • Num 3:28
    72%

    28 Those who were numbered of them, the males from one month old and over, were eight thousand, six hundred, who were responsible for the care of the holy place.

  • Num 18:31
    72%

    31 It is to be your food, for you and your families in every place: it is your reward for your work in the Tent of meeting.

  • Num 8:13
    72%

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

  • Exod 38:21
    72%

    21 This is the price of the making of the House, even the House of witness, as it was valued by the word of Moses, for the work of the Levites under the direction of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.